The Resource The biggest estate on earth : how Aborigines made Australia, Bill Gammage, (electronic resource)
The biggest estate on earth : how Aborigines made Australia, Bill Gammage, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- "Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country estate in England. Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land in a far more systematic and scientific fashion than we have ever realised. For over a decade he has examined written and visual records of the Australian landscape. He has uncovered an extraordinarily complex system of land management using fire, the life cycles of native plants, and the natural flow of water to ensure plentiful wildlife and plant foods throughout the year. We know Aboriginal people spent far less time and effort than Europeans in securing food and shelter ... With details of land-management strategies from around Australia, The biggest estate on earth rewrites the history of this continent, with huge implications for us today."--Dust cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 434 p.)
- Isbn
- 9781742693521
- Label
- The biggest estate on earth : how Aborigines made Australia
- Title
- The biggest estate on earth
- Title remainder
- how Aborigines made Australia
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Gammage
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country estate in England. Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land in a far more systematic and scientific fashion than we have ever realised. For over a decade he has examined written and visual records of the Australian landscape. He has uncovered an extraordinarily complex system of land management using fire, the life cycles of native plants, and the natural flow of water to ensure plentiful wildlife and plant foods throughout the year. We know Aboriginal people spent far less time and effort than Europeans in securing food and shelter ... With details of land-management strategies from around Australia, The biggest estate on earth rewrites the history of this continent, with huge implications for us today."--Dust cover
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- Characteristic
- unknown
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gammage, Bill
- Dewey number
- 305.89915
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aboriginal Australians
- Land use
- Natural resources
- Australia
- Label
- The biggest estate on earth : how Aborigines made Australia, Bill Gammage, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-415) and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 434 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781742693521
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Other physical details
- col. ill., maps.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 92575B62-A48E-4A8A-854E-AB636146B676
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o763160573
- (OCoLC)763160573
- Label
- The biggest estate on earth : how Aborigines made Australia, Bill Gammage, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-415) and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 434 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781742693521
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Other physical details
- col. ill., maps.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 92575B62-A48E-4A8A-854E-AB636146B676
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o763160573
- (OCoLC)763160573
Subject
- trueAustralia -- History
- trueElectronic books
- Land use -- Australia -- Management | History
- trueNatural resources -- Australia -- Management | History
- Nonfiction
- trueAboriginal Australians -- Agriculture | History
Genre
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- trueAustralian Capital Territory Book of the Year
- trueAustralian Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History
- trueQueensland Literary Awards: History Book Award
- trueVictorian Premier's Literary Awards: Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
- trueVictorian Premier's Literary Awards: Victorian Prize for Literature
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