Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 2001. Publishers original dark grey boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now proteced in Brodart. Maroon endpapers, no inscriptions. 431pp including index. Profusely illustrated with colour and b/w plates throughout text. Pages clean and bright in ight binding. A magnificent collectors copy in mint condition. It is conventional wisdom that Australia's colonists not only despised their environment but also were blind to their own destructiveness. This book challenges this stereotype. The author reveals the extraordinary breath and depth, as well as the limits of environmental concern in Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Mint/Fine/Mint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.