Podcast
Australian Environmental History
Hosted by Professor Richard Broome and Professor Katie Holmes · EN
Just two centuries after European settlement, the human impact on the land, massive species extinction, and climate change, pose serious threats to the continent's fragile ecology. Students will consider Australia's early geological history; Indigenous land use; the competing ideas of land and land use among early settlers; and how various forms of land use shaped, and changed the environment.
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Episodes
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The History of a Dry Continent
Nov 23, 201100:31:06Tap to summarizeMichael Cathcart speaks to Pofessor Katie Holmes (History Program, La Trobe University) about his new book 'The Water Dreamers', and the history of Australia as dry continent. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →The Australian Environmental Movement
Nov 18, 201100:32:50Tap to summarizeWayne Wescott speaks to Pofessor Katie Holmes (History Program, La Trobe University) on the history of the environmental movement in Australia, and key issues in addressing climate change. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →Aboriginal Land Management
Nov 9, 201100:21:16Tap to summarizeProfessor Bill Gammage (Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University) talks to Professor Richard Broome (History Program, La Trobe University) about Aboriginal land management prior to European arrival. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →Antarctica: The Crystal Desert
Nov 6, 201100:26:35Tap to summarizeProfessor Tom Griffiths (Environmental historian, Australian National University) talks to Professor Katie Holmes (History Program, La Trobe University) about his book 'Slicing the Silence' on the continent Antarctica. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →Growth in Environmental Thought and Politics
Oct 21, 201100:27:55Tap to summarizeProfessor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the shift in the view of 'wilderness' to a fondness for the environment. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →The Great Barrier Reef
Oct 14, 201100:21:00Tap to summarizeProfessor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the Great Barrier Reef, and the environmental history of the oceans. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →Drought and Fire
Sep 23, 201100:21:43Tap to summarizeProfessor Katie Holmes (History, La Trobe University) on the effects of drought and fire on Australia's landscape. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →Melbourne's Natural History
Sep 16, 201100:18:19Tap to summarizeProfessor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the relationship of city people to nature. Do cities have an environmental history - if so what is it like? Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →Environmental Consciousness in the 19th Century
Sep 7, 201100:14:39Tap to summarizeProfessor Katie Holmes (History, La Trobe University) on when and how did different attitudes to nature developed, what ideas shaped this new view, and the impact it had on human-nature relationships. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Transcribe →Mining in Australia
Aug 31, 201100:20:08Tap to summarizeProfessor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the environmental impact of mining, which is the second great economic staple of this continent. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
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