The Coral Battleground
| Author/creator | Wright, Judith Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | North Melbourne : Spinifex Press Chicago : Independent Publishers Group [Distributor] |
| Description | 205 p. 08.000 x 05.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Summary | Annotation The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of Queensland: 2000 kilometres of spectacular coral reefs, sand cays and islands, Australias most precious marine possession. Teeming with life, it covers 350,000 square kilometres. In the late 1960s the Reef was threatened with limestone mining and oil drilling. A small group of dedicated conservationists in Queensland John Büsst, Judith Wright, Len Webb and others battled to save the Ellison Reef from coral-limestone mining and the Swain Reefs from oil exploration. The group later swelled to encompass scientists, trade unionists and politicians throughout Australia, and led in 1976 to the establishment of a guardian body: the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. That it still survives is a legacy of activists, artists, poets, ecologists and students. In 1967 they were branded as cranks; now they should be recognised as visionaries. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781742199030 |
| ISBN | 1742199038 (E-Book) Forthcoming |
| Standard identifier# | 9781742199030 |
| Stock number | 00121796 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |