How a Continent Created a Nation

The Australians who have arrived since 1788 have mainly come from places that bear little resemblance to their new home: places without deserts, with regular seasons, with flowing rivers and lush plains. How has this unique, ancient land helped to develop a distinctive national identity in Australia? What is the influence of the natural world on the Australian national identity forged since 1901?

Libby Robin works as an environmental historian in the interdisciplinary Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Prologue: Beyond the biological cringe?	p. 1
Nature for citizenship	p. 11
Strange nature	p. 31
Unnatural economy	p. 56
Collecting the nation	p. 75
Desert nationalism	p. 99
The empty North	p. 123
Sustaining the exceptional	p. 152
Home truths	p. 183
Epilogue: A natural nation?	p. 213
Notes	p. 219
Select Bibliography	p. 233
Index	p. 244
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