01996    a2200289   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003700085040000700122041000800129072001400137072001200151072002100163072002100184072002100205072001900226100001800245245006200263250000600325260003200331300001000363520127100373700001701644700002301661700002201684036771833220250317100402.0250312042021GB                   eng    a9780367718336  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 145.00fBB  a01  aeng7 aNH2thema7 aHB2bic7 aSOC0000002bisac7 aSOC0010002bisac7 aSOC0520002bisac7 a994.4442bisac1 aAlan Atkinson10aHigh Lean CountrybLand, people and memory in New England  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210331  a436 p  bHigh Lean Country captures the rich history and haunting character of the New England region of northern New South Wales. The authors explore how memory - of land, of family, of patterns of life on the other side of the world - has influenced the identity of New England. They also consider how the high country itself has shaped its people and their sense of regional uniqueness. In doing so, this book sets a new direction for understanding Australia as a whole. Weaving together the histories of human settlement, economic, social and cultural development, as well as interactions with the environment, High Lean Country shows how colonial settlers strived for decades to literally create a new England. It traces the story of the graduates of Oxford and Cambridge who turned their hands to sheep husbandry and developed a squattocracy, the establishment of schools and other institutions, and the cultivation of traditional arts. It also examines the early colonial bushranging period, and a history of not always friendly relations between white settlers and the local Aboriginal population. A project of the Heritage Futures Research Centre at the University of New England, High Lean Country is a fascinating study of this distinctive Australian high country.1 aJS Ryan4B011 aIain Davidson4B011 aAndrew Piper4B01