Old Land, New Landscapes; Contents; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; The biodiversity crisis; 1 Seeing Land, Seeking Landscape; The creation of Landcare; Researching Landcare; The Genaren Hill Landcare Group; 2 Genesis of a Landcare Group; Genaren Hill Landcare Group area; The creation of the present-day landscape; Ecological change; Genaren and the Sutherland family; The Sanctuary becomes a Landcare Project; 3 Bringing Back the Bettong; Advocating an adaptive approach: Can we have some bettongs?; 4 Creating Nature Conservation Farmers
5 Landcare, Yeoman Plots and Farm Planning6 Learning from Laggards; The Community Biodiversity Program; 7 Dreaming New Landscapes; The functional role of the Genaren Hill Sanctuary; Covenants, partnerships and institutions; In praise of laggards; 8 Gardening the Bush; The parable of the spiky bush; Once were woodlands: towards a post-colonial Romance of bush fragmentation; 9 Goodbye Genaren; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary
Old Land, New Landscapes is the story of a farming community fighting to rehabilitate land degraded by more than a century of farming. Chris Williams tells of the trials and triumphs of the Sutherland family and other volunteers based around Peak Hill in central western New South Wales, as they set out to restore native vegetation and create the Genaren Hill wildlife sanctuary. This authoritative and engaging book is essential reading for farmers and Landcare scheme participants, but will also appeal to those who enjoy reading about the Australian bush and the resourceful characters who live t
