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Environmental History and the Port Phillip District. Richard Broome. Australian History revolutionary?. ‘Revolution’ = a) Overthrow of govt b) Complete change Post 1788 changes Communal to private property Reciprocity to Market economy Radical shift-land use
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Environmental History and the Port Phillip District Richard Broome
Australian History revolutionary? • ‘Revolution’ = • a) Overthrow of govt • b) Complete change • Post 1788 changes • Communal to private property • Reciprocity to Market economy • Radical shift-land use • ‘Collins Street’ by William Macnight NLA ►
Why Has Frontier History Ignored the Environmental approach? • Early histories Social Darwinist • First Aboriginal histories - focus on violence • New themes of Aboriginal agency emerge • Environmental history begins, but focus on settlers • ◄Night Attack Samuel Calvert, NLA
Land and Landscape • Landscape as constructed [Seddon] • As deep and mythical [Scharma] • As a cultural place • ‘Cultural landscapes’: constructed, changing, remembered, identity shaping • Nature shapes culture [Rappaporte] • An Interdependence
The Great Tradition • Culture emerges from human interactions from the land and land-use • An inspired imagining of creation & human relationships creates dreamings • William Barak traditional painting, SLV▼
The Pastoral Revolution • The Great Transformation..’ Agora no 4 2013 • Case of Robertson at ‘Wando Vale’ • Lin Onus ‘Ground Lice’ (1990)Qlzand Art Gallery►
Ideas Underpinning the Revolution in Land Use • Dominion Over Nature – Book of Genesis • Idea of Progress • Neolithic prejudices- Esau and Jacob • Nature as Unlimited • Settler theory of value