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The colonial kangaroo hunt /

From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachael 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 fasc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gelder, Ken, 1955- (Autor), Weaver, Rachael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, imprint of Melbourne University Publishing, 2020.
Colección:Miegunyah Press series ; 2nd ser., no. 190.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachael 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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0522875866
9780522875867
Acceso:National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries