Saving the Reef: The human story behind one of Australia's greatest environmental treasures

Lloyd, Rohan (2022) Saving the Reef: The human story behind one of Australia's greatest environmental treasures. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland.

[img] PDF (Published Version) - Published Version
Restricted to Repository staff only

View at Publisher Website: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/saving-the-...
 
1


Abstract

While in the past Australians wrestled with what the Reef is, today they are struggling to reconcile what it will be... To do this, we need to understand the Reef's intertwining human story.The Great Barrier Reef has come to dominate Australian imaginations and global environmental politics. In Saving the Reef, environmental historian Rohan Lloyd charts the social history of Australia's most prized yet vulnerable environment, from the relationship between First Nations peoples and colonial settlers, to the Reef's most portentous moment - the Save the Reef campaign launched in the 1960s. Through this gripping historical narrative and interwoven contemporary essays, Lloyd reveals how the scale of damage caused to the Reef has forced twenty-first century Australia to reconsider what 'saving' the Reef really means.

Item ID: 79090
Item Type: Book (Research - A1)
ISBN: 9780702265754
Copyright Information: Copyright © Rohan Lloyd 2022.
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2025 01:59
FoR Codes: 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430302 Australian history @ 50%
43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430307 Environmental history @ 50%
SEO Codes: 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1307 Understanding past societies > 130703 Understanding Australia’s past @ 100%
Downloads: Total: 1
Last 12 Months: 1
More Statistics

Actions (Repository Staff Only)

Item Control Page Item Control Page