01973nam 2200445 450 991079419160332120200613173814.00-522-87586-6(CKB)4100000010658908(MiAaPQ)EBC6130731(EXLCZ)99410000001065890820200613d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe colonial kangaroo hunt /Ken Gelder & Rachael WeaverCarlton, Victoria :The Miegunyah Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (173 pages)0-522-87585-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver examine hunting narratives in novels, visual art and memoirs to discover how the kangaroo became a favourite quarry, a relished food source, an object of scientific fascination, and a source of violent conflict between settlers and Aboriginal people. The kangaroo hunt worked as a rite of passage and an expression of settler domination over native species and land. But it also enabled settlers to begin to comprehend the complexity of bush ecology, raising early concerns about species extinction and the need for conservation and the preservation of habitat.--Source other the Libraary of Congress.KangaroosKangaroo huntingAustraliaSocial life and customsAustraliaHistoryKangaroos.Kangaroo hunting.599.2Gelder Ken1955-458349Weaver RachaelMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794191603321The colonial kangaroo hunt3855319UNINA