A recollection on the days when, as a child, dust storms would assail the buildings and school children would be sent home leads the adult Dean Graetz on an exploration of what percentage of Australia’s land can support its inhabitants, what has been lost, and why its happened.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
308774
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Australia
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Droughts
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural resources - Environmental aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)