The Biggest Estate On Earth How Aborigines Made Australia

Biography & Memoir History Australiana

The Biggest Estate on Earth by historian Bill Gammage rewrites Australian history, revealing how Aboriginal people managed the continent as a vast, fire-shaped estate long before 1788. In this acclaimed 2012 illustrated edition from Allen & Unwin, Gammage layers early paintings, maps and colonial diaries to show intricate seasonal burning, planting and harvesting that kept landscapes productive and game abundant.

Art & Culture and True Stories readers alike praise the 434-page trade paperback for overturning myths of untouched wilderness; instead Gammage documents careful Country shaped by law, kinship and deep ecological knowledge. Young adults and adults interested in Cultural Studies, Australian History or Culture will find the narrative both scholarly and highly readable.

This used copy is in very good condition: clean, tight-spined, unmarked pages free of dog-ears, from a smoke-free home. The smooth spine and crisp illustrated pages make it a handsome shelf addition for anyone curious about how Aborigines made Australia.