Saving the reef : The human story behind one of Australia's greatest environmental treasures / Rohan Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Rohan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reef ecology--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).

Coral reef biology--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).

Marine biology--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).

Environmental protection--Citizen participation--Australia--Anecdotes.

Ocean--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).

Coral reef biology--Social aspects.

Oceanography--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).

Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, [2022]

Summary:

While in the past Australians wrestled with what the Reef is, today they are struggling to reconcile what it will be... To do this, we need to understand the Reef's intertwining human story.The Great Barrier Reef has come to dominate Australian imaginations and global environmental politics. In Saving the Reef, environmental historian Rohan Lloyd charts the social history of Australia's most prized yet vulnerable environment, from the relationship between First Nations peoples and colonial settlers, to the Reef's most portentous moment - the Save the Reef campaign launched in the 1960s. Through this gripping historical narrative and interwoven contemporary essays, Lloyd reveals how the scale of damage caused to the Reef has forced twenty-first century Australia to reconsider what 'saving' the Reef really means.

Contents:

Cover

Author Biography

Title Page

Imprint Page

Dedication

Contents

Author's Note

Introduction

Map of the Great Barrier Reef

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1: European Arrival and Settlement

Chapter 2: Exploitation and Enjoyment

Knowledge

Chapter 3: Emerging Concern

Chapter 4: Towards Saving the Reef

Catchment

Chapter 5: The Save the Reef Campaign: Ellison Reef

Chapter 6: We Must Appear to Be Well Informed

Chapter 7: The Save the Reef Campaign: Oil Drilling

Seeing

Chapter 8: The Black Ban

Chapter 9: Towards a Reef Commission

Science

Chapter 10: Royal Commission

Chapter 11: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Change

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780702267208

0702267201

OCLC:

1344482170