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Reveals the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people in presettlement Australia 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. Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land in a far more systematic and scientific fashion than most people have ever realized. For more than 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. Aboriginal people spent far less time and effort than Europeans in securing food and shelter, and this book reveals how. Once Aboriginal people were no longer able to tend their country, it became overgrown and vulnerable to the hugely damaging bushfires Australians now experience. With details of land-management strategies from around Australia, this book rewrites the history of the continent, with huge implications for today.
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About the Author
Bill Gammage is a historian and the author of the The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War and Sky Travellers.
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"A beautiful and profound piece of writing, one that has importance for us all." —Age
"This bold book, with its lucid prose and vivid illustrations, will be discussed for years to come." —Australian Book Review
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- PublisherAllen & Unwin
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1742377483
- ISBN 13 9781742377483
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages434
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book condition is fine. Hard cover. Dust jacket near fine. Book boars clean and unmarked front and back of the book. Book block clean and unmarked all side of the book. Spine intact. Text body clean and unmarked throughout the book. Ex-owner name on the top righ-hand corner of the first fly leaf page. Extra charges for over-sea shipping as the book weight is over 500gram. The actual Weight is 1.241kg. See photo. Certainly The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill Gammage1 is a fascinating exploration of how Indigenous Australians shaped the Australian landscape. Gammage's main thesis is that in 1788, when Europeans arrived, the Australian landscape was not "natural" but rather an extensive web of managed ecologies. Aborigines systematically burnt grasslands to reduce fuel and prevent out-of-control fires. By distributing plants and associating them in mosaics, they lured and located animals, creating a rich and abundant environment. It's a thought-provoking read that sheds light on the profound impact of Indigenous land management practices. Seller Inventory # ABE-1720842233016
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, Third Printing. xxiii, 434pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw & col ills. Or pale green cloth in jacket. A few tiny, very faint spots to page edges, otherwise near new. The scarce first printing of Gammage's classic on pre-colonial Aboriginal peoples in Australia. Before the arrival of Europeans Aboriginal peoples managed the Australian land through and extraordinarily complex system using fire, water and the life cycles of native plants. With details of land management strategies from around Australia, this volume rewrites the history of the continent, with huge implications for today. Once Aboriginal people were no longer able to tend their country, it became overgrown and vulnerable to the hugely damaging bushfires we now experience. And what we think of as virgin bush in National Parks is nothing of the kind. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 050409
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing of this highly influential book on pre-European Australian history. First Printing [Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2011]; xxiii, [5], 434, [2 blank] pages; green cloth, gold titling to spine, a fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacket. Groundbreaking work introducing documented evidence that Indigenous Australians practised evolved methods of land & resource management to ensure reliable year-round food & shelter. Has been used as a springboard for further studies, most famously in Bruce Pascoe's "Dark Emu". ISBN: 978 1 74237 748 3 / 9781742377483. Seller Inventory # 4899
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