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- catalog abstract ""It is conventional wisdom that Australia's colonists not only despised their environment but also were blind to their own destructiveness. The Colonial Earth challenges this stereotype. Tim Bonyhady reveals the extraordinary breadth and depth - as well as the limits - of environmental concern in Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788." "Taking art as his starting point, Bonyhady explores how issues such as the preservation of endangered species, the protection of forests, the maintenance of public rights over the foreshore and even the likelihood of climate change already loomed large in colonial Australia." "This is a story of activism and idealism, of intense appreciation of Australia's remarkable environment, and of sharp awareness of the limits to colonial growth. It is also a story of failure: of environmental ideals sacrificed to political expediency and commercial self-interest; of innovative and enlightened laws ignored and broken." "Drawing on a remarkable array of sources, from paintings and poems to reports of public meetings and parliamentary debates, The Colonial Earth shows that far from being a product of the 1970s, an environmental aesthetic has always been part of the culture of European Australia."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11986335.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""It is conventional wisdom that Australia's colonists not only despised their environment but also were blind to their own destructiveness. The Colonial Earth challenges this stereotype. Tim Bonyhady reveals the extraordinary breadth and depth - as well as the limits - of environmental concern in Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788." "Taking art as his starting point, Bonyhady explores how issues such as the preservation of endangered species, the protection of forests, the maintenance of public rights over the foreshore and even the likelihood of climate change already loomed large in colonial Australia." "This is a story of activism and idealism, of intense appreciation of Australia's remarkable environment, and of sharp awareness of the limits to colonial growth. It is also a story of failure: of environmental ideals sacrificed to political expediency and commercial self-interest; of innovative and enlightened laws ignored and broken." "Drawing on a remarkable array of sources, from paintings and poems to reports of public meetings and parliamentary debates, The Colonial Earth shows that far from being a product of the 1970s, an environmental aesthetic has always been part of the culture of European Australia."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 432 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Colonial earth.".
- catalog identifier "0522849156".
- catalog isFormatOf "Colonial earth.".
- catalog isPartOf "Miegunyah Press series ; 2nd ser., no. 34.".
- catalog isPartOf "Miegunyah volumes ; 2nd ser., no. 34".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press,".
- catalog relation "Colonial earth.".
- catalog spatial "Australia".
- catalog subject "333.7/2/0994 21".
- catalog subject "Environmental law Australia History.".
- catalog subject "Environmental management Australia History.".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy Australia History.".
- catalog subject "Environmental protection in art.".
- catalog subject "Environmental protection in literature.".
- catalog subject "Environmentalism Australia History.".
- catalog subject "GE199.A8 B66 2000".
- catalog title "The colonial earth / Tim Bonyhady.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".