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Title: The Colonial Kangaroo Hunt
Condition: New
Author: Rachael Weaver, Ken Gelder
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780522875850
ISBN: 9780522875850
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
Genre: History
Topic: Home Garden & Pets
Release Date: 03/03/2020
Description: From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachel Weaver examine hunting narratives in novels, visual art and memoirs to discover how the kangaroo became a favourite quarry, a relished food source, an object of scientific fascination, and a source of violent conflict between settlers and Aboriginal people. The kangaroo hunt worked as a rite of passage and an expression of settler domination over native species and land. But it also enabled settlers to begin to comprehend the complexity of bush ecology, raising early concerns about species extinction and the need for conservation and the preservation of habitat.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: AU
Item Height: 232mm
Item Length: 154mm
Item Width: 16mm
Item Weight: 370g
Release Year: 2020

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