02023 a2200301 4500 0367718332 20250317100402.0 250312042021GB eng 9780367718336 Taylor & Francis GBP 145.00 BB 01 eng NH thema HB bic SOC000000 bisac SOC001000 bisac SOC052000 bisac 994.444 bisac Alan Atkinson High Lean Country Land, people and memory in New England 1 Oxford Routledge 20210331 436 p High 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. JS Ryan B01 Iain Davidson B01 Andrew Piper B01 1364 1364