| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Garner, Bill (William Vivian Nigel), author.; |
| Call Number | 796.540994 G234b |
| Document type | Monograph |
| Year | 2013. 2013. 013 |
| Pagination | 288 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm. |
| Publisher | NewSouth, NewSouth Publishing, |
| Note | Chapter 10 - Army training camps. Includes bibliographical references and index. This book shows that the history of Australia can be told through a history of camping. Bill Garner reminds us that Australia was settled as a campsite - the nation was born in a tent. But while Europeans brought tents, they did not bring camping. Australia had been a camping place for millennia. And so it continued to be. For more than a hundred years, settlers - women as well as men - colonised the country by living under canvas. It changed them into a new sort of native Australian. It gave them a feel for the place, a wry can-do attitude, and a lasting taste for equality. And it led to a sense of belonging. Born in a Tent takes the story from the campfire to the gas bottle, from a tarp slung on saplings to polymer tents and aluminium poles. It reveals how deeply our camping holidays connect us to the land, to the past, and to one another. |
| Place made | Sydney, N.S.W. : Sydney, NSW |
Born in a tent : how camping makes us Australian / Bill Garner.
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| Barcode | Call Suffix | Volume | Part | Year | Location | Status |
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| AWM088299 | 796.540994 G234b | Stacks | On Shelf |