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High Lean Country - Land, people and memory in New England (Paperback)
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High Lean Country - Land, people and memory in New England (Paperback)
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High Lean Country captures the rich history and haunting character
of the New England region of northern New South Wales.The authors
explore how memory - of land, of family, of patterns of life on the
other side of the world - has influenced the identity of New
England. They also consider how the high country itself has shaped
its people and their sense of regional uniqueness. In doing so,
this book sets a new direction for understanding Australia as a
whole.Weaving together the histories of human settlement, economic,
social and cultural development, as well as interactions with the
environment, High Lean Country shows how colonial settlers strived
for decades to literally create a new England. It traces the story
of the graduates of Oxford and Cambridge who turned their hands to
sheep husbandry and developed a squattocracy, the establishment of
schools and other institutions, and the cultivation of traditional
arts. It also examines the early colonial bushranging period, and a
history of not always friendly relations between white settlers and
the local Aboriginal population.A project of the Heritage Futures
Research Centre at the University of New England, High Lean Country
is a fascinating study of this distinctive Australian high country.
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