The colonial kangaroo hunt / Ken Gelder & Rachael Weaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelder, Ken, 1955- author.

Weaver, Rachael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kangaroos.

Kangaroo hunting.

Australia--Social life and customs.

Australia.

Australia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, [2020]

Summary:

From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver examine hunting narratives in novels, visual art and memoirs to discover how the kangaroo became a favourite quarry, a relished food source, an object of scientific fascination, and a source of violent conflict between settlers and Aboriginal people. The kangaroo hunt worked as a rite of passage and an expression of settler domination over native species and land. But it also enabled settlers to begin to comprehend the complexity of bush ecology, raising early concerns about species extinction and the need for conservation and the preservation of habitat.-- Source other the Libraary of Congress.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Note on measurements

1. Shooting the First Kangaroos

2. Settlers, Aboriginal People and the Kangaroo Hunt

3. The Kangaroo Hunt as Sport

4. The Kangaroo Hunt Poem

5. Dogs, Skins and Battues

6. Colonial Kangaroo Hunt Novels and Fantasies

Notes

Bibliography

Picture credits

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522875867

0522875866

OCLC:

1493609816