Conquest to Conservation: History of Human Impact on the South Australian Environment

Chapter 1 considers the environment of South Australia before European settlement and discusses Aboriginal reverence for the land and their negligible impact upon the landscape ; appendix includes a description of all South Australian National parks and reserves.

South Australia Before European Settlement

The Development Decades The Colonial

xvi, 271 p. : ill. maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 239-242.#260222 (edge wear to covers, gift inscription to prelims.)

Conservation of natural resources — South Australia — History.  |  Environmental protection — South Australia — History.  |  Human ecology — South Australia.  |  National parks and reserves — South Australia.  |  Culture – Relationship to land.  |  Environment – Land management.  |  Environment – Conservation – Conservation areas.  |  Indigenous knowledge – Ecology.  |  Environment – Conservation.  |  Environment – Resource management.  |  South Australia — History.  |  South Australia (SA)