Million Wild Acres, A: 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest

European settlement and environment of the Pilliga Forest, NSW; includes relations with Aborigines, Jimmy Governor, effects of Aboriginal burning; Gamilaroi language, culture and artefacts; early photograph of Brewarrina fish traps; bird and plant species lists.
xiv, 465 p., 32 p. of plates : 4 maps ; 24 cm. #081221 (encased in plastic wrapper)
New South Wales. Pilliga region, to date | Forestry. New South Wales. Pilliga region, to date | Forests and forestry — New South Wales — Pilliga region — History. | Crime – Against persons. | Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi people (D23) (NSW SH55-12) | Law enforcement – Police trackers. | Race relations – Betterment societies, etc. | Art – Sculpture – Tree carving. | Sites – Ceremonial grounds. | Art – Rock art – Engraving. | Fishing – Fish traps. | Anaiwan / Nganyaywana people (D24) (NSW SH56-09) | Colonisation. | Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – To 1900. | Crime – Bushrangers and outlaws. | Anaiwan / Nganyaywana language (D24) (NSW SH56-09) | Technology. | Animals – Birds. | Environment – Land management – Fire. | Race relations – Racism – Stereotyping. | Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language (D23) (NSW SH55-12) | Stories and motifs – Fish. | Occupations – Pastoral industry workers. | Pilliga region (N.S.W.) — History. | Breelong (N NSW SH55-16) | Brewarrina (N NSW SH55-06) | Pilliga (N NSW SH55-12)