Sense of Place: A Response to an Environment, the Swan Coastal Plain Western Australia by George Seddon

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Ex library copy. External stickers and plastic contact. Dust jacket has been cut up and glued to the book's front cover and inside front cover. Several pages have had their binding repaired. Many marks. Slightly musty. A very worn but seemingly complete copy. Please see images for more information. Rare first edition.

Sense of Place is a topographic essay on the environs of Perth, Western Australia. It is in three parts - the land, the plants and human impact. The landforms, climate, drainage, geology and flora are discussed in detail to construct a picture of the region before European settlement. Land use by Indigenous peoples and the increasing impact of European settlement on major environmental resources are explored.

Includes bibliography and index. Please note that the ISBN for this book is also the ISBN for V G Fall's Sea and the Forest: History of the Port of Rockingham, Western Australia. Both were published by UWA Press in 1972.

A remarkable man, George Seddon, was one of the first to use the phrase "sense of place" in an Australian context. He rethought our relationship with the environment and broke new ground in urban planning, landscape architecture and environmental conservation.

First editions generally sell for $400+