TY - JOUR
T1 - Restoring broken histories
AU - Pearce, Lilian M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/10/2
Y1 - 2017/10/2
N2 - Between 1936 and 1938, a regeneration project was established in the remote city of Broken Hill, New South Wales. It is now considered one of the earliest examples of ecological restoration. Triggered by dust storms and sand drift, local people, industry and council collaborated to restore a vegetated green belt around their city. This article considers ‘The Regen’ within a history of settler transformations of the Australian environment. Four histories told through plants speak to the emergence of an ecological consciousness and contribute to ethical considerations in ecological restoration amidst shifting contingencies of climate, politics and the global economy.
AB - Between 1936 and 1938, a regeneration project was established in the remote city of Broken Hill, New South Wales. It is now considered one of the earliest examples of ecological restoration. Triggered by dust storms and sand drift, local people, industry and council collaborated to restore a vegetated green belt around their city. This article considers ‘The Regen’ within a history of settler transformations of the Australian environment. Four histories told through plants speak to the emergence of an ecological consciousness and contribute to ethical considerations in ecological restoration amidst shifting contingencies of climate, politics and the global economy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045888464&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1031461X.2017.1377739
DO - 10.1080/1031461X.2017.1377739
M3 - Article
SN - 1031-461X
VL - 48
SP - 569
EP - 591
JO - Australian Historical Studies
JF - Australian Historical Studies
IS - 4
ER -