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The biggest estate on earth : how Aborigines made Australia /

"Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country estate in England. Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gammage, Bill
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2011.
Subjects:	Aboriginal Australians > Agriculture > History. Land use > Australia > Management > History. Natural resources > Australia > Management > History. Australia > History.

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