Back of Bourke: A Study of Land Appraisal and Settlement in Semi-Arid Australia by R L Heathcote

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Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Light foxing to foredges. Book plate on inside front cover. Date written on front endpage. Sunning to front and back endpages. Dust jacket has creasing at edges and at spine. Fading at spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective cover. Body text and binding are still very good.

A study of the Warrego country, pastoral land settlement in the interior of Eastern Australia, from early explorations to the mid 20th century. Shown in light of general and local attitudes and knowledge of local resources. the story emerges as one of conflict between official attempts to intensify the occupation of the land and the actual land use which has tended to remain relatively extensive and exploitative.