Coast
Subtitle: a history of the New South Wales edge
By: Ian Hoskins
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing, University of New South Wales Press; NewSouth Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781742232706; 9781742246567
Subjects: History; Coasts; Urbanization; Human ecology; Coastal ecology; Coastal zone management
Other titles: History of the New South Wales edge
Description: From Eden to Byron Bay the New South Wales coast is more than 2000 kilometres long, with 130 estuaries, 100 coastal lakes and a rich history. This, the first history written of the New South Wales coast, traces our relationship with this stretch of land and sea starting millennia ago when Aboriginal people feasted on shellfish and perfected the art of building bark canoes, to our present obsession with the beach as a place to live or holiday. Leading us through the European fascination with marine life, the attempts to establish a whaling industry, the fear of seaborne 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, Ian Hoskins argues that our current enthralment with the coast began more recently than we might think.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-434) and index.