''The South West Book - A Tasmanian Wilderness'' is a book published by the
Australian Conservation Foundation
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia's national environmental organisation, launched in 1965 in response to a proposal by the World Wide Fund for Nature for a more co-ordinated approach to sustainability.
One high-profil ...
in 1978 during concern following the damming of
Lake Pedder
Lake Pedder, once a glacial outwash lake, is a man-made impoundment and diversion lake located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia. In addition to its natural catchment from the Frankland Range, the lake is formed by the 1972 damming of the ...
in
Tasmania
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It was edited by
Helen Gee and Janet Fenton with assistance from Greg Hodge and artwork directed by Chris Cowles. At 308 pages, it was the most comprehensive book concerned with a region from all aspects of its kind in Australian publishing at that time.
With over 40 authors of 50 sections as well as chronology of events and bibliography the book covered industrial issues, conservation issues, as well as the development of the bureaucratic and political status of what eventually became the
South West Tasmania
South West Tasmania is a region in Tasmania that has evoked curiosity as to its resources over the duration of European presence on the island.
The more recent is the consideration as a potential area of resources for development and its consid ...
World Heritage area.
Publication details
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See also
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South West Tasmania Resources Survey
Notes
External links
* http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/taswild.html- cited as reference
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South West Tasmania
Australian non-fiction books
History of Tasmania
Books about Tasmania