Koala : a historical biography /

This book examines the koala's long seclusion from discovery (1803), its slow penetration of the European classificatory system, its distinctive history, and its emergence through observation, artistic and scientific depiction. It also covers koala destruction through settlement and hunting in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moyal, Ann, 1926-2019
Other Authors: Organ, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Melbourne : CSIRO Pub., 2008.
Series:Australian natural history series.
Subjects:
Koala > History.
Koala > Australia > Pictorial works.
Animals and civilization > Australia.
Koala > Histoire.
Koala > Australie > Ouvrages illustrés.
Animaux et civilisation > Australie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Animals and civilization
Koala
Australia
History
Pictorial works
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'The land that waited'
  • 2. Science and art; 3. Putting the animals on the map
  • 4. The upside-down world
  • 5. The indigenous people
  • 6. Field and metropolis
  • 7. Fire, fur and guns
  • 8. The literary koala
  • 9. Colin MacKenzie and the amazingkoala shoulder
  • 10. The new protectors
  • 11. Being and doing
  • 12. The survivor?
  • 13. Epilogue: Up close and personal.

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