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'Woody Weeds', People And Gunderbooka: A Local Study
Author
Main, George
Publisher
The Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2000
Body

Since the mid-nineteenth century - and especially from the 1950s - 'woody weeds' have spread across the red soil country around Gunderbooka Range. I explore human consequences of this strident environmental response, and consider the varied explanations of graziers, scientists and others for the dramatic changes. I suggest that the Gunderbooka environment -a forceful agent -banished pastoralism. Alternative land uses emerged.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
Additional Information

August 21-24, 2000

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

ISSN 1323-6660
Conference Name
Australian Rangeland Society Centenary Symposium
Keywords
pastoralism
Scrub
Bushfires
Australia
woody weeds