Second Nature: The History and Implications of Australia as Aboriginal Landscape

by Lesley Head

In Second Nature, Lesley Head examines modem Australia's efforts to come to terms with its Aboriginal past. Like other postcolonial countries, Australia has been confronted by research challenging the myth of a prehistoric (pre -1788) pris-tine wilderness.

Drawing on anthropology, archeology, and histo-ry, Head shows that through their use of fire and their methods of hunting and gathering, Aboriginal ancestors transformed the country's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815605870
• ISBN13: 9780815605874
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 6.4"