Life and death in Australian 'heartlands': Pastoralism, ecology and rethinking the outback

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-53

  Gill, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; PASTORALISM; RURAL POLITICS; RURAL SOCIETY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HOMO;

EID: 12144274306     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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