Radicalising the rangelands: disruptive change or progressive policy?
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Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2015
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In ‘The Bush’ Don Watson captures the nub of the rangelands dilemma. “Only about 15% of
Australians now live outside the cities and the essentially suburban coastal corridor...Those coastal
suburbs are home not to the descendants of drovers and Anzacs, but ambitious migrants from Asia
and the Middle east, with no taste for rural life, and no appetite for sagas of male bonding in
shearing sheds and creek beds under Banjo Patterson’s everlasting stars.â€(Watson 2014)
He goes on to . . . . .
Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Conference Name
18th Biennial Conference, Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 12-16 April 2015
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Keywords
Australia
disruptive change
governance
national interest
policy failure
rangeland futures
Full-text publications from the Australian Rangelands Society (ARS) Biennial Conference Proceedings (1997-), Rangeland Journal (ARS/CSIRO; 1976-), plus videos and other resources about the rangelands of Australia.