The Resource A million acres a year, (videorecording)
A million acres a year, (videorecording)
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Resource Information
The item A million acres a year, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cumberland Council Library Service.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The southwest of Western Australia is one of the world's most bio-diverse areas. But in the last 50 years it has been the scene of environmental destruction on a massive scale. This documentary tells the story of the way a region now recognised as one of the top 25 biological hotspots on the planet was opened up for broad-acre farming, unleashing an environmental and social nightmare. During the 1960s, a million acres a year were opened up, despite the fact that much of the land was unsuitable for farming. Nevertheless, the new landholders were obliged to bulldoze and burn the native bush or risk losing their allocation under the 'conditional purchase scheme'. The long term consequences have been devastating, with industrial farming and salinity turning most of this priceless natural heritage into a biological desert. Fifty years of agriculture had effectively undone 3 billion years of evolution. Through the voices of people on the land, the impact of this ecological disaster is revealed
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (52 min.)
- Note
- Catalogued from container
- Label
- A million acres a year
- Title
- A million acres a year
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The southwest of Western Australia is one of the world's most bio-diverse areas. But in the last 50 years it has been the scene of environmental destruction on a massive scale. This documentary tells the story of the way a region now recognised as one of the top 25 biological hotspots on the planet was opened up for broad-acre farming, unleashing an environmental and social nightmare. During the 1960s, a million acres a year were opened up, despite the fact that much of the land was unsuitable for farming. Nevertheless, the new landholders were obliged to bulldoze and burn the native bush or risk losing their allocation under the 'conditional purchase scheme'. The long term consequences have been devastating, with industrial farming and salinity turning most of this priceless natural heritage into a biological desert. Fifty years of agriculture had effectively undone 3 billion years of evolution. Through the voices of people on the land, the impact of this ecological disaster is revealed
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Conception, research & writing: Keith Bradby & Frank Rijavec ; directed by Frank Rijavec ; produced by Frank Rijavec and Noelene Harrison
- Dewey number
- 333.7613709941
- PerformerNote
- Narrator: Keith Bradby
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Rijavec, Frank
- Harrison, Noelene
- Bradby, Keith
- SBS-TV
- Snakewood Films
- National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
- Runtime
- 52
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Tillage
- Agriculture
- Agricultural ecology
- Land use, Rural
- Nature
- Biodiversity
- Nonfiction films
- Documentary films
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- A million acres a year, (videorecording)
- Note
- Catalogued from container
- Color
- mixed
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- 000042291972
- Dimensions
- 12 cm.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (52 min.)
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other physical details
- sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) a300567
- (OCoLC)271412090
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- A million acres a year, (videorecording)
- Note
- Catalogued from container
- Color
- mixed
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- 000042291972
- Dimensions
- 12 cm.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (52 min.)
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other physical details
- sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) a300567
- (OCoLC)271412090
- Video recording format
- DVD
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