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Title: Coast: A History of the New South Wales Edge
Author: HOSKINS IAN
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/11/2013
Imprint: NEW SOUTH WALES UNI PRESS
Price: $50.00
Publishing status: Active
From Eden to Byron Bay the NSW coast is more than 2000 kilometres long, with 130 estuaries, 100 coastal lakes and a rich history. Ian Hoskins’ history of the coast traces our relationship with this stretch of land and sea starting millennia ago when Aboriginal people feasted on shellfish & perfected the art of building bark canoes, to our present obsession with the beach as a place to live or holiday. The book leads the reader through the European fascination with marine life, the attempts to establish a whaling industry, the fear of sea borne invasion which led to the creation of a navy of our own in 1911 through to the rise of our unstoppable enthusiasm for surfing and fishing.
ISBN: 9781742232706
Dimension: 230mm X 190mm