Defending the Little Desert: The Rise of Ecological Consciousness in Australia - Softcover

Robin, Libby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0522848311 ISBN 13: 9780522848311

Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

In 1968 Sir William McDonald, Victoria's Minister of Lands, announced a rural settlement scheme for the Little Desert in Victoria's far north-west. The conservation campaign that ensued was one of unprecedented vehemence and sophistication. The Little Desert dispute was a watershed in Australian environmental politics, marking the beginning of a new consciousness of nature.

Libby Robin offers a sensitive and beautifully written account of the unlikely coalition of forces that assembled to save the Little Desert. Defending the Little Desert should be read by all Australians interested in conservation and the environment, in participatory political processes and in 'public science'.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Libby Robin is Curator, People and the Environment at the National Musuem of Australia. She is co-editor of Ecology and Empire (MUP, 1997).

About this edition

• Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0522848311
• ISBN 13: 9780522848311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224