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Author Seddon, George, 1927-

Title Sense of place : a response to an environment, the Swan coastal plain Western Australia / George Seddon
Published Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 1972

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 MELB  574.526409941 SED  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 274 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
Contents Includes index
Summary A topographic essay on the Perth region; p.186-197; Aboriginal & European land use - early hostilities between Aborigines & Europeans the result of mutual incomprehension (cites Yagan as example), gives map of tribal territory (1832), early population estimates, describes Aboriginal use of fire for land clearance, intrusion of Europeans & agriculture
Analysis Ecology. Effect of land use. Western Australia. Perth region
Native plants. Western Australia. Perth region
Western Australia. Perth Basin. Geology
Notes Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographies
Subject Botany -- Australia -- Perth Region (W.A.)
Botany -- Australia -- Swan Coastal Plain (W.A.)
Botany -- Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia
Botany -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth District
Botany -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth Region
Botany -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth district
Botany -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth region
Botany -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Swan Coastal Plain
Botany -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Swan River Region
Coastal plains -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Swan River Region
Ecology -- Australia -- Perth Region (W.A.)
Ecology -- Australia -- Swan Coastal Plain (W.A.)
Ecology -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth District
Ecology -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth Region
Ecology -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth district
Ecology -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth region
Geographical perception -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Swan Coastal Plain
Geology -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth Basin
Geology -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth region
Human geography -- Australia -- Swan River Valley (W.A.)
Land settlement -- Perth district
Land settlement -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth District
Land settlement -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth Region
Physical geography -- Australia -- Swan Coastal Plain (W.A.)
Physical geography -- Australia -- Swan Coastal Plain (Western Australia)
Physical geography -- Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia
Physical geography -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Swan Coastal Plain
Physical geography -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Swan River Region
Place (Philosophy)
Plants -- Australia -- Swan Coastal Plain (W.A.)
SUBJECT Swan Coastal Plain (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85130988
Swan Coastal Plain (Western Australia)
Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia
Swan River Valley (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96004426
LC no. 72080967
ISBN 0855640588
9780855640583
Other Titles Swan coastal plain