Discovering Monaro: A Study of Man’s Impact on his Environment

AUSTRALIANA AUSTRALIAN FAUNA & FLORA
Includes reference to Aboriginal occupation of Monaro; tribal territories; population before white settlement; economic life; use of fire and its effects; relations between settlers and Aborigines; causes of demographic decline.
xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. #231122 Includes bibliographical references and index. First Edition.
Part I. Perspective View: 1. Theme; 2. The first discoverers; Part II. New Arrivals: 3. Squatting; 4. Spoiling; 5. Improving; Part III. Possessing the land: 6. Battles for possession; 7. Spoiling; 8. Improving; 9. White men in the high country – the first hundred years; Part IV. The two landscapes: 10. The tableland; 11. The high country; 12. Looking forward.
Ecology — New South Wales — Monaro — History. | Wildlife management — New South Wales — Monaro — History. | Nature — Effect of human beings on — Australia. | Ngarigo / Ngarigu people (S46) (NSW SJ55-04) | Demography – Population dynamics. | Environment – Land management – Fire. | Colonisation. | Hunting, gathering and fishing. | Geography – Territories and boundaries. | Monaro (N.S.W.) — History. | Southwest New South Wales (SW NSW SI54, SI55) | Snowy / Monaro / Southern New South Wales area (S NSW SI55, SJ55)