Battling the Land 200 Years of Rural Australia

This is the story, across 200 years, of Australia beyond the sprawling suburbia of the big cities. From the first days of white settlement to the last days of the 20th century, the text describes what has happened to the great majority of the island continent. It is the story of the rural identities which have powered national development, the patchwork of regions which have created their own identities, and the gulf which has grown up between city and country. It is the story of people - their lives, their sense of time and place, their views of the land they work, their distinct contribution to the "Australian way of life