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The Resource Those wild rabbits : how they shaped Australia, Bruce Munday

Those wild rabbits : how they shaped Australia, Bruce Munday

Label
Those wild rabbits : how they shaped Australia
Title
Those wild rabbits
Title remainder
how they shaped Australia
Statement of responsibility
Bruce Munday
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"A century ago Australia was home to 10 billion rabbits, thriving in their adopted home. Storyteller Bruce Munday finds the rabbit saga irresistible - the naive hopes of the early settlers, the frustration, environmental damage, cost to agriculture, dreams shattered, and the lessons learned and ignored. 'Those wild rabbits' highlights not only the damage done but also Australia's missed opportunities for real rabbit control. It recognises the bush's paradoxical love affair with an animal that was at one time a significant rural industry and is still recalled with nostalgia. More importantly, it offers hope for a brighter future, making the case for continued research to drive the next rabbit-control miracle, because rabbit plagues of the past will become the future unless we capture the history and embrace the lessons." -- book cover
Cataloging source
ANL
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Munday, Bruce
Dewey number
632.6932
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Agricultural pests
  • Rabbits
  • Rabbits
  • Rabbits
  • Rabbits
  • Agricultural pests
Target audience
adult
Label
Those wild rabbits : how they shaped Australia, Bruce Munday
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes index
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • still image
  • cartographic image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • cri
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Forward -- Preface -- 1. Why invite a pest? -- 2. To begin at the beginning -- 3. So, to Barwon Park -- 4. A brave new venture -- 5. Trench warfare -- 6. No more rabbits - it's against the law -- 7. Just kill them -- 8. In a parallel universe -- 9. Germ warfare - the magic bullet -- 10. Living under occupation -- 11. Rabbits as business -- 12. Rabbit as saviour -- 13. Big wars, big weapons -- 14. One shiny silver bullet? -- 15. The empire strikes back -- 16. Calici - easier to spell than haemorrhagic -- 17. Life and death after Wardang -- 18. Is war ever worth it?
Control code
000059624291
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiv, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781743054574
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some colour), 1 map, portraits, facsimiles
System control number
(OCoLC)973874139
Label
Those wild rabbits : how they shaped Australia, Bruce Munday
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes index
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • still image
  • cartographic image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • cri
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Forward -- Preface -- 1. Why invite a pest? -- 2. To begin at the beginning -- 3. So, to Barwon Park -- 4. A brave new venture -- 5. Trench warfare -- 6. No more rabbits - it's against the law -- 7. Just kill them -- 8. In a parallel universe -- 9. Germ warfare - the magic bullet -- 10. Living under occupation -- 11. Rabbits as business -- 12. Rabbit as saviour -- 13. Big wars, big weapons -- 14. One shiny silver bullet? -- 15. The empire strikes back -- 16. Calici - easier to spell than haemorrhagic -- 17. Life and death after Wardang -- 18. Is war ever worth it?
Control code
000059624291
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiv, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781743054574
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some colour), 1 map, portraits, facsimiles
System control number
(OCoLC)973874139

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