Defending the Little Desert: The Rise of Ecological Consciousness in Australia

by Libby Robin

Environmental protection and responsibility - Australia.

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Libby Robin is a historian of science and environment who works at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, an interdisciplinary research school of the Australian National University; and in the Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of Australia.

Reviews

[TomFairman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Histories of the environmental movement in Australia are often preoccupied with the "big events" - Lake Pedder, the Franklin Dam, forest blockades. However, scant attention has been paid to the watershed event in Australian conservation - the protest against the clearing and conversation of the Little Desert to agriculture in the 1960s. Libby Robin deftly navigates this early period of conservation and rising ecological awareness. Highly recommended for those that want to learn more about the roots of Australian environmentalism.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief but engaging and interesting book on ecological awareness and the titular topic.