5th edition. The story of Macquarie Harbour and the Gordon River from their discovery in 1815 to the national controversy of the proposed Lower Gordon river hydro-electric dam and the conservationist blockade of 1982-83 nearly 170 years later.Brief recount of the first encounter between Aboriginal people of the region and English mariners on pages 3-4. Some information about diet and demeanour.
vi, 92 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm #240422/051024 Conservation Ecology
Politics and Government – Political action – Environment. | Animals – Invertebrates – Crustacea and molluscs – Crayfish / Lobster / Yabbies. | Settlement and contacts – Penal colonies / Convicts. | Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850. | Strahan (Tas.) — History. | Macquarie Harbour (Tas.) — History. | Macquarie Harbour (W Tas SK55-05) | Strahan (W Tas SK55-05)