- Title
- Introduction : Earth and Industry Stories from Gippsland
- Creator
- Eklund, Erik; Fenley, Julie
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/159776
- Identifier
- vital:12037
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781922235046
- Abstract
- There is a large part of south-east Australia which has a fascinating history that deserves a wider audience. This collection explores the theme of the region's environmental history, and in particular how societies related to it and perceived it over time. Looking through the lens of multiple authors as well as different industries, locations and perspectives, we build up a picture of a complicated relationship to the natural world, which changes over time. The collection starts from the premise that history can tell us much about our evolving relationships to the earth and its ecosystems. We consider the tensions which exist between the earth - by which we mean the natural environment in its broadest sense - and human industry, highlighting the complex and diverse historical relationships between society and the environment. The term 'industry' refers in this context to the ways of earning a living that were established in the region from mining through to pastoralism and fishing, but industry can also be an adjective, referring to the act:iVe way in whichpeople engaged with their environments. The Gippsland region in south-east ictoria, with all its diversity and fascinating history, offers an ideal case study of this interaction between humans and their natural surroundings. "From introduction"
- Publisher
- Monash University
- Relation
- Earth and Industry Stories from Gippsland p.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
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