George Seddon
Biographic Data
| ID | 978964 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Seddon |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Seddon |
| SIGNATURE | SEDDON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People
The Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People
We are a nation of gardeners, and we take pleasure in tending our backyards. But this pleasure sits uneasily with our knowledge that the places where most of us live are running out of water. We suspect that our lawns and many of our plants from the damp climates of northern European gardens are too demanding of scarce supplies, but can't imagine our streets and gardens without them. The Old Country opens our eyes, and minds, to other possibiliti…
Farewell to Arcady: Or, getting off the Sheep's back
A study is divided into three parts, where the first part considers sheep and the pastoral industry as a land-use, the second is about the politics of wool, and the third, about Arcady in Australia, a theme that helps to explain the first two. Though Australia is one of the world's most urbanized societies, the pastoral, which is one of the most enduring literary forms, is most powerful here although not so much as a literary form, but rather as …
David Lowenthal: A tribute
Farewell to Arcady: Or Getting Off the Sheep's Back
The saying that `Australia rode to prosperity on the sheep's back' never had more than a small measure of truth; it is better rephrased as `Australia has enjoyed limited periods of modest prosperity through the near-destruction by sheep of a fragile native vegetation'. Sheep, however, have had a cultural role in Australia that needs to be understood if the failures of the wool industry leadership are to be grasped. This role has had a long histor…
JAS review of books
Andrew Scott, Running on Empty, Pluto Press, 2000, pp 330, $32.95 Carol Johnson, Governing Change Keating to Howard, University of Queensland Press in association with the API network, 2000, pp v + 175, pb $29.95 Marian Simms and John Warhurst (eds), Howard's Agenda: The 1998 Australian Election, University of Queensland Press, pp xxi + 260, pb $29.95 Charles Fox, Fighting Back: The Politics of the Unemployed in Victoria in the Great Depression, …
Perceiving the Pilbara: Finding the Key to the Country
The land and the people of the Pilbara in north-western Australia have been perceived, and the landscape conceptualized, used or abused (depending on one's perception), in a variety of ways through time. Differing perceptions have been reflected and modified by linguistic use, especially the metaphors applied, including the search for `a key to the country'; by conditions of observation, including the means of transport; by changing economic and …
Saving the Throwaway River
Hesperian birthday: The Western Australian sesquicentenary celebration series
Perceiving the Pilbara: Finding the Key to the Country
The land and the people of the Pilbara in north-western Australia have been perceived, and the landscape conceptualized, used or abused (depending on one's perception), in a variety of ways through time. Differing perceptions have been reflected and modified by linguistic use, especially the metaphors applied, including the search for `a key to the country'; by conditions of observation, including the means of transport; by changing economic and …
Saving the Throwaway River
Farewell to Arcady: Or Getting Off the Sheep's Back
The saying that `Australia rode to prosperity on the sheep's back' never had more than a small measure of truth; it is better rephrased as `Australia has enjoyed limited periods of modest prosperity through the near-destruction by sheep of a fragile native vegetation'. Sheep, however, have had a cultural role in Australia that needs to be understood if the failures of the wool industry leadership are to be grasped. This role has had a long histor…
Hesperian birthday: The Western Australian sesquicentenary celebration series
Saving the Throwaway River
JAS review of books
Andrew Scott, Running on Empty, Pluto Press, 2000, pp 330, $32.95 Carol Johnson, Governing Change Keating to Howard, University of Queensland Press in association with the API network, 2000, pp v + 175, pb $29.95 Marian Simms and John Warhurst (eds), Howard's Agenda: The 1998 Australian Election, University of Queensland Press, pp xxi + 260, pb $29.95 Charles Fox, Fighting Back: The Politics of the Unemployed in Victoria in the Great Depression, …
Perceiving the Pilbara: Finding the Key to the Country
The land and the people of the Pilbara in north-western Australia have been perceived, and the landscape conceptualized, used or abused (depending on one's perception), in a variety of ways through time. Differing perceptions have been reflected and modified by linguistic use, especially the metaphors applied, including the search for `a key to the country'; by conditions of observation, including the means of transport; by changing economic and …
David Lowenthal: A tribute
Farewell to Arcady: Or Getting Off the Sheep's Back
The saying that `Australia rode to prosperity on the sheep's back' never had more than a small measure of truth; it is better rephrased as `Australia has enjoyed limited periods of modest prosperity through the near-destruction by sheep of a fragile native vegetation'. Sheep, however, have had a cultural role in Australia that needs to be understood if the failures of the wool industry leadership are to be grasped. This role has had a long histor…
The Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People
We are a nation of gardeners, and we take pleasure in tending our backyards. But this pleasure sits uneasily with our knowledge that the places where most of us live are running out of water. We suspect that our lawns and many of our plants from the damp climates of northern European gardens are too demanding of scarce supplies, but can't imagine our streets and gardens without them. The Old Country opens our eyes, and minds, to other possibiliti…
Farewell to Arcady: Or, getting off the Sheep's back
A study is divided into three parts, where the first part considers sheep and the pastoral industry as a land-use, the second is about the politics of wool, and the third, about Arcady in Australia, a theme that helps to explain the first two. Though Australia is one of the world's most urbanized societies, the pastoral, which is one of the most enduring literary forms, is most powerful here although not so much as a literary form, but rather as …
Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People
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