Pastoral Australia: Fortunes, Failures & Hard Yakka: A Historical Overview 1788-1967

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Pastoral Australia tells the story of the expansion of Australia's pastoral industry, how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settler society. The rural life that once saw Australia 'ride on the sheep's back' is no longer what defines us, yet it is largely our history as a pastoral nation that has endured in heritage places and which is embedded in our self-image as Australians.

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Michael Pearson is a consultant historical archaeologist and heritage conservation planner with over thirty year's experience in NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, the Australian Heritage Commission, and as head of Heritage Management Consultants.