LEADER 03217nam 22006133u 450 001 9910960457603321 005 20240912154339.0 010 $a1-74219-901-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000114264 035 $a(EBL)1683521 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001305403 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11743052 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305403 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11257785 035 $a(PQKB)10640386 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1683521 035 $a(OCoLC)879946139 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1688052 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1683521 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000114264 100 $a20140519d2014|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe coral battleground 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aMelbourne $cSpinifex Press$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (234 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-74219-906-2 311 08$a1-74219-903-8 327 $aCover; About the Author; Other books by Judith Wright; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Publishers' Preface; Foreword, 2014 by Margaret Thorsborne, AO; Foreword, 1996 by Judith Wright; Foreword, 1977 by Judith Wright; Introduction; 1. The First Manoeuvres; 2. The Government, Science and the Reef; 3. Move and Counter-move; 4. Tragedy Abroad; 5. Geologists versus Biologists; 6. People Take a Hand; 7. The Unions Move In; 8. A Halt, and a Surrender; 9. Quarrels and a Victory; 10. From Torres Strait to Canberra; 11. We Get Reinforcements; 12. The Fight That Should Not Have Been Needed 327 $a13. Four Years of Looting 14. Finale Without an Ending; Postscript; References, Sources and Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgements 330 $aThe Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of Queensland: 2000 kilometres of spectacular coral reefs, sand cays and islands, Australia's most precious marine possession. Teeming with life, it covers 350,000 square kilometres. In the late 1960's the Reef was threatened with limestone mining and oil drilling. A small group of dedicated conservationists in Queensland - John Bu?sst, Judith Wright, Len Webb and others - battled to save the Ellison Reef from coral-limestone mining and the Swain Reefs from oil exploration. The group later swelled to encompass scientists, trade unionists and politicists... 606 $aConservation of natural resources -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) 606 $aCoral reef ecology -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) 606 $aEnvironmental protection -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) 615 4$aConservation of natural resources -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.). 615 4$aCoral reef ecology -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.). 615 4$aEnvironmental protection -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.). 676 $a333.7 676 $a333.9 676 $a333.95 700 $aWright$b Judith$01831656 702 $aSnibson$b Deb 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960457603321 996 $aThe coral battleground$94404412 997 $aUNINA