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Title Australian Story: Letter from Wooleen
Published Australia : ABC, 2014
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Summary Introduced by Tahmina Ansari from ABC NewsIn this final program for 2014, Australian Story visits a remote West Australian cattle station. The story of historic Wooleen and the young couple who live there drew a big reaction from viewers three years ago. Since that time, the big challenges of the property have increased for David Pollock and Frances Jones.Jones arrived at Wooleen from a lush, green suburb in outer Melbourne during a gap year trip. She fell for the station and its owner and has been there ever since. Together, the pair have embarked on a radical venture to return the rangelands to good health by destocking and replicating natural ecosystems. But with drought gripping WA their beliefs are now being put to the ultimate test
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2014-11-24 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Droughts -- Environmental aspects.
Land tenure -- Government policy.
Landscape ecology.
Landscape protection.
Man-woman relationships -- Psychological aspects.
Radicals -- Attitudes.
Young women -- Conduct of life.
Western Australia -- Perth.
Victoria -- Melbourne.
Form Streaming video
Author Ansari, Tahmina, host
Brennan, Greg, contributor
Halleen, Mark, contributor
Jones, Andrew, contributor
Jones, Frances, contributor
Pollack, David, contributor
Pollock, Brett, contributor
Pollock, Richard, contributor