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This work embraces the story of the koala in Australian history of science and society. It examines the animal€™s long seclusion from discovery (1803); its slow penetration of the European classificatory system and the part played by British and European experts; its emergence, description and depiction in Australia, the important marriage of science and art; the role of the Aborigines; koala destruction through settlement and hunting in the 19th century and its rise as a national identity around Federation. In the 20th century, the focus shifts to the koala in Australian literature; the advent of the nature park, zoos, transportation, resettlement, and protection by key individuals and organizations; koala as cartoon and political favorite; the surprisingly slow growth of research on the animal€™s biology and the dynamic change in knowledge from the 1990s. The book is studded with key scientific figures and some excellent, widely sourced, pictorial material.<
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Ann Moyal is an historian of Australian science, technology and telecommunication. Her books include A Bright and Savage Land, Clear Across Australia,/i> and Portraits in Science.
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Small octavo,246 pp.,text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, signed by the author. This book examines the Koala's long seclusion from discovery (1803), its slow penetration of the European classificatory system, its distinctive history, and its emergence through observation, artistic and scientific depiction. It also covers Koala destruction through settlement and hunting in the 19th century through its roles in the 20th century, including the Koala in Australian literature; the advent of the nature park, zoos, transportation, resettlement, and protection by key individuals and organisations, through to its current mixed levels of survival and its prominent role as an Australian icon. This book embraces the story of the Koala in Australian history, science and society, in an engaging and widely accessible historical narrative, extensively illustrated with key scientific figures and excellent, widely sourced, pictorial material. Seller Inventory # 38546
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Small octavo, dustwrapper,246 pp.,text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, signed by the author. "To Tim Flannery In great admiration of your achievements and lively contributions! With all good wishes Ann Moyal Canberra 20.10.08". This book examines the Koala's long seclusion from discovery (1803), its slow penetration of the European classificatory system, its distinctive history, and its emergence through observation, artistic and scientific depiction. It also covers Koala destruction through settlement and hunting in the 19th century through its roles in the 20th century, including the Koala in Australian literature; the advent of the nature park, zoos, transportation, resettlement, and protection by key individuals and organisations, through to its current mixed levels of survival and its prominent role as an Australian icon. This book embraces the story of the Koala in Australian history, science and society, in an engaging and widely accessible historical narrative, extensively illustrated with key scientific figures and excellent, widely sourced, pictorial material. Seller Inventory # 40505
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