Million Wild Acres - Thirtieth Anniversary Edition. 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest

Rolls, Eric
Million Wild Acres - Thirtieth Anniversary Edition.  200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest

Million Wild Acres - Thirtieth Anniversary Edition. 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest

Rolls, Eric

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Thirty years ago, a bomb landed in the field of Australian consciousness of itself and its land in the form of Eric Rolls' A Million Wild Acres. The ensuing explosion has caused extensive and heated debate ever since amongst historians, ecologists, environmentalists, poets and writers. Now reissued in a commemorative 30th Anniversary Edition for a new generation of readers and against the backdrop of renewed and urgent concern about climate change, it includes Tom Griffiths' seminal essay, 'The Writing of A Million Wild Acres', and a foreword by Les Murray drawn from his work 'Eric Rolls and the Golden Disobedience'. Here is a contentious story of men and their passion for land; of occupation and settlement; of destruction and growth. By following the tracks of these pioneers who crossed the Blue Mountains into northern New South Wales, Eric Rolls - poet, farmer and self-taught naturalist - has written the history of European settlement in Australia. He evokes the ruthlessness and determination of the first settlers who worked the land - a land they knew little about.

Author:   Rolls, Eric
Publisher:   Hale & Iremonger,Pty.Ltd
Edition:   30th. anniversary ed.
ISBN:  

9780868064642


Pages:   496
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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Thirty years ago, a bomb landed in the field of Australian consciousness of itself and its land in the form of Eric Rolls' A Million Wild Acres. The ensuing explosion has caused extensive and heated debate ever since amongst historians, ecologists, environmentalists, poets and writers. Now reissued in a commemorative 30th Anniversary Edition for a new generation of readers and against the backdrop of renewed and urgent concern about climate change, it includes Tom Griffiths' seminal essay, 'The Writing of A Million Wild Acres', and a foreword by Les Murray drawn from his work 'Eric Rolls and the Golden Disobedience'. Here is a contentious story of men and their passion for land; of occupation and settlement; of destruction and growth. By following the tracks of these pioneers who crossed the Blue Mountains into northern New South Wales, Eric Rolls - poet, farmer and self-taught naturalist - has written the history of European settlement in Australia. He evokes the ruthlessness and determination of the first settlers who worked the land - a land they knew little about.

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Author:   Rolls, Eric
Publisher:   Hale & Iremonger,Pty.Ltd
Edition:   30th. anniversary ed.
ISBN:  

9780868064642


Pages:   496
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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