Going on TalkingCollection of essays and talks presented by the well-known Australian poet and writer from 1972 to 1990, covering environmental issues as well as literature. Works of criticism by the author include TPreoccupations in Australian Poetry'. |
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Aboriginal accept already areas Australia Barrier Reef Booloominbah catchment coastal conservation Coombs creative critics decades destruction discursive drought ecocentrism ecological economic effects environment environmental Eric Rolls erosion Errinundra Errinundra Plateau exploitation fact feeling fertile fertile crescent forestry Fraser Island future grazing H.C. Coombs human implies increasing inland interests Judith Wright kind Lake Pedder land land-use landscape language Les Murray linguistic literate society living Maud Gonne National Estate national parks native forests nuclear ourselves past pasture Patrick White philosophy plants poem poet poetic poetry political politicians pollution population possible present problems production programs protection published Queensland question rainforest reports responsibility scarcely seems soils species survive Susanne Langer Tasmania teacher teaching timber trees urban wildlife values Whitlam government woodchip industry word writer