Born in a Tent : A History of Camping in Australia
by
Bill Garner
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1742233341
ISBN-13
9781742233345
Publisher
NewSouth Publishing
Imprint
NewSouth Publishing
Country of Manufacture
AU
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 2013
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
622 grams
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyCultural studiesCultural studiesSocial and cultural history
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Breathtakingly original, this book shows that the history ofAustralia can be told through a history of camping.
Breathtakingly original, this book shows that the history of Australia can be told through a history of camping.
Bill Garner reminds us that Australia was settled as a campsite – the nation was born in a tent. But while Europeans brought tents, they did not bring camping. Australia had been a camping place for millennia.
And so it continued to be. For more than a hundred years, settlers – women as well as men – colonised the country by living under canvas. It changed them into a new sort of native Australian. It gave them a feel for the place, a wry can-do attitude, and a lasting taste for equality. And it led to a sense of belonging.
Born in a Tent takes the story from the campfire to the gas bottle, from a tarp slung on saplings to polymer tents and aluminium poles. It reveals how deeply Australians’ camping holidays connect them to the land, to the past, and to one another.
Bill Garner reminds us that Australia was settled as a campsite – the nation was born in a tent. But while Europeans brought tents, they did not bring camping. Australia had been a camping place for millennia.
And so it continued to be. For more than a hundred years, settlers – women as well as men – colonised the country by living under canvas. It changed them into a new sort of native Australian. It gave them a feel for the place, a wry can-do attitude, and a lasting taste for equality. And it led to a sense of belonging.
Born in a Tent takes the story from the campfire to the gas bottle, from a tarp slung on saplings to polymer tents and aluminium poles. It reveals how deeply Australians’ camping holidays connect them to the land, to the past, and to one another.
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