Discovering Monaro : a study of man's impact on his environment / [by] W. K. Hancock
- Bib ID:
- 2574426
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hancock, W. K. (William Keith), 1898-1988
- Description:
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1972
- xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0521084393
- 9780521104937
- Summary:
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Includes reference to Aboriginal occupation of Monaro; tribal territories; population before white settlement; economic life; use of fire and its effects; relations between settlers and Aborigines; causes of demographic decline.
- Full contents:
- Machine derived contents note: Part I. Perspective View: 1. Theme; 2. The first discoverers; Part II. New Arrivals: 3. Squatting; 4. Spoiling; 5. Improving; Part III. Possessing the land: 6. Battles for possession; 7. Spoiling; 8. Improving; 9. White men in the high country - the first hundred years; Part IV. The two landscapes: 10. The tableland; 11. The high country; 12. Looking forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Ecology -- New South Wales -- Monaro -- History
- Wildlife management -- New South Wales -- Monaro -- History
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia
- Ngarigo / Ngarigu people (S46) (NSW SJ55-04)
- Demography - Population dynamics
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Colonisation
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Geography - Territories and boundaries
- Monaro (N.S.W.) -- History
- Southwest New South Wales (SW NSW SI54, SI55)
- Snowy / Monaro / Southern New South Wales area (S NSW SI55, SJ55)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2058 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1988
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1972
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