Million Wild Acres: 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest

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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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780868064642
Published: May 2011

Number of pages: 496
Width: 153 mm
Height: 234 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Hale & Iremonger,Pty.Ltd