LEADER 03063nam 2200481 450 001 9910794498203321 005 20210224143453.0 010 $a1-76080-162-3 010 $a1-76080-163-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000011480110 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6360668 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011480110 100 $a20210224d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLike nothing on this earth. /$fTony Hughes-d'Aeth 210 1$aCrawley, Western Australia :$cUWA Publishing,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (616 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-74258-924-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 559-586) and index. 327 $aPreface: The clearing line -- Introduction: Songs of wheat -- Albert Facey -- Cyril E. Goode -- James Pollard -- John Keith Ewers -- Peter Cowan -- Dorothy Hewett -- Jack Davis -- Barbara York Main -- Elizabeth Jolley -- Tom Flood -- John Kinsella -- Epilogue: The wheatbelt in deep time. 330 $aDuring the twentieth century, the southwestern corner of Australia was cleared for intensive agriculture. In the space of several decades, an arc from Esperance to Geraldton, an area of land larger than England, was cleared of native flora for the farming of grain and livestock. Today, satellite maps show a sharp line ringing Perth. Inside that line, tan-coloured land is the most visible sign from space of human impact on the planet. Where once there was a vast mosaic of scrub and forest, there is now the Western Australian wheatbelt. Tony Hughes-d'Aeth examines the creation of the wheatbelt through its creative writing. Some of Australia's most well-known and significant writers - Albert Facey, Peter Cowan, Dorothy Hewett, Jack Davis, Elizabeth Jolley, and John Kinsella - wrote about their experience of the wheatbelt. Each gives insight into the human and environmental effects of this massive-scale agriculture. Albert Facey records the hardship and poverty of small-time selection in Australia. Dorothy Hewett makes the wheatbelt visible as an ecological tragedy. Jack Davis shows us an Aboriginal experience of the wheatbelt. Through examining this writing, Tony Hughes-d'Aeth demonstrates the deep value of literature in understanding the human experience of geographical change. 606 $aCreative writing 606 $aAustralian literature$zAustralia$zWestern Australia 606 $aLiterature and society$zAustralia$zWestern Australia$zWheatbelt Region$xHistory 607 $aWheatbelt Region (W.A.) 610 $aAustralian 615 0$aCreative writing. 615 0$aAustralian literature 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory. 676 $a820.9/994 700 $aHughes-d'Aeth$b Tony$01557014 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794498203321 996 $aLike nothing on this earth$93820243 997 $aUNINA