Rich land, wasteland
Munro, Sharyn2012
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For nearly a year Sharyn Munro travelled through rural Australia, visiting the communities in coalmining areas. She found a war zone. Here, towns and districts are dying - home-owners and farmers forced out by mining, broken in spirit and in health.
Main title:
Rich land, wasteland / by Sharyn Munro
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney Pan Macmillan Australia 2012
Collation:
453 p.
Notes:
Cover subtitle: How coal is killing Australia
Contents:
1. Living with open-cuts: Camberwell (NSW) -- 2. Rights: theirs or ours?: Acland, Felton (QLD) -- 3. Where coal is king: Hunter Valley (NSW) -- 4. What price a life?: Lithgow (NSW), Hunter Valley, Collie (WA) -- 5. Clearing out the country: Mudgee - Cumbo Valley, Wollar, Ulan, Bylong (NSW) -- 6. Dark times in the Sunshine State: Mackay/Louisa Creek, Bowen/Hay Point, Collinsville to Capella via Moranbah (QLD) -- 7. You can't eat coal: Liverpool Plains (NSW), Central Highlands (QLD) -- 8. Wide spaces, narrow vision: Rolleston, Orion, Moura, Wandoan, Warra (QLD) -- 9. Allowing the unthinkable: Gloucester Valley (NSW), Margaret River (WA) -- 10. Who needs water?: South of Sydney, Chain Valley Bay (NSW), Collie, Hunter Valley, Ulan, Running Stream (NSW), Queensland -- 11. Putting people last: Menangle (NSW), Collie, Running Stream -- 12. Methane on the march: Everywhere! -- 13. Going, going...: Bimblebox (QLD), Gardens of Stone, Dharawal, Warkworth, Ben Bullen Forest, Leard Forest, Pilliga (NSW) -- 14. New frontiers: Latrobe Valley and beyond - VIC, WA, SA, TAS. -- Conclusion
ISBN:
9781742610993 (pbk)
Dewey class:
333.765 RIC333.765
Local class:
333.765
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2897
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 333.765 RIC | Available |