Wounded Country: The MurrayDarling Basin a contested history by Quentin Beresfor

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Wounded Country by Quentin Beresford Award-winning author Quentin Beresford delves into the history of the Murray-Darling Basin since European settlement and reveals Australias destructive relationship with the environment, and the willingness of politicians to ignore expert advice. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description **Winner, Queensland Literary Awards 2022, Queensland Premiers Award for a Work of State Significance**Like many Australians, I looked on with horror as images of a million dead fish swamped the media and consumed the news cycle. I resolved to dig deeper.The MurrayDarling Basin is under threat. This vast and spectacular geographical region, covering one million square kilometres from central Queensland to South Australia, has been exploited for nearly 200 years. Soil erosion, sand drifts, dust storms, salinity, algal blooms, threatened native flora and fauna, the drying out of internationally recognised wetlands and steadily worsening droughts have repeatedly brought large parts of the Basin to its knees.In Wounded Country, award-winning author Quentin Beresford investigates the complex history of Australias largest and most important river system. Waves of farmers exploited the regions potential, with little consideration for the environmental consequences. Dispossession and marginalisation denied local First Nations people their lands and European settlers the Indigenous cultural knowledge to manage the Basin sustainably. Instead, weve had nation-building irrigation schemes and agricultural enterprises promoted by politicians focused on short-term profits and a development-at-all-costs approach. Expert advice and warnings about long-term environmental effects have been continually sidelined.Were now at a point of reckoning. How can we save the once mighty MurrayDarling?One of the most important books to emerge in recent decades concerning both Australias dangerous environmental mismanagement and the indivisible plunder of Indigenous society. - Charles Massy Author Biography Professor Quentin Beresford has had a diverse career in teaching, the public service and journalism. He is the author of Rites of Passage: Aboriginal Youth Crime and Justice; Our State of Mind: Racial Planning and the Stolen Generations, which won the Western Australian Premiers nonfiction prize; the multi-award winning biography Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leaders Quest for Justice; The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd, which won the Tasmanian Premiers Literary Prize and Adani and the War on Coal. Long Description Like many Australians, I looked on with horror as images of a million dead fish swamped the media and consumed the news cycle. I resolved to dig deeper. The Murray-Darling Basin is under threat. This vast and spectacular geographical region, covering one million square kilometres from central Queensland to South Australia, has been exploited for nearly 200 years. Soil erosion, sand drifts, dust storms, salinity, algal blooms, threatened native flora and fauna, the drying out of internationally recognised wetlands and steadily worsening droughts have repeatedly brought large parts of the Basin to its knees. In Wounded Country , award-winning author Quentin Beresford investigates the complex history of Australias largest and most important river system. Waves of farmers exploited the regions potential, with little consideration for the environmental consequences. Dispossession and marginalisation denied local First Nations people their lands and European settlers the Indigenous cultural knowledge to manage the Basin sustainably. Instead, weve had nation-building irrigation schemes and agricultural enterprises promoted by politicians focused on short-term profits and a development-at-all-costs approach. Expert advice and warnings about long-term environmental effects have been continually sidelined. Were now at a point of reckoning. How can we save the once mighty Murray-Darling? One of the most important books to emerge in recent decades concerning both Australias dangerous environmental mismanagement and the indivisible plunder of Indigenous society. -- Charles Massy Details ISBN1742236782 Author Quentin Beresford Publisher NewSouth Publishing Format Paperback Pages 432 Year 2021 ISBN-13 9781742236780 Publication Date 2021-09-01 Imprint NewSouth Publishing Place of Publication Sydney, NSW Country of Publication Australia NZ Release Date 2021-09-01 ISBN-10 1742236782 UK Release Date 2021-09-01 DEWEY 333.73 Audience General Subtitle The MurrayDarling Basin a contested history Illustrations Illustrations AU Release Date 2021-08-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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