Rural fences are ubiquitous but invisible cultural objects in Australian landscapes. thesis I bring them into the foreground starting with their social context and role in Australian culture. The history of technological changes from shepherding to modern fences is described with many examples including railway and vermin fences. Rabbit-proof fences and government-funded barrier fences in Victoria and NSW are documented in detail. Fences both impact on the environment and indicate environmental change. Obsolete fences are valuable historic heritage recording land settlement and management, but they are impossible to conserve.
Alternative Title
Lines across the landscape: fencing rural Australia.Table of Contents
Section 1. Introduction: "Fences? ...you study fences?" -- Section 2. History of Australian rural fences -- Section 3. "Special" fences: hedges, walls, ditches and banks, railway, and roadside wildlife fences -- Section 4. Vermin and barrier fences: keeping pests out -- Section 5. Rural fences and the environment: impacts and indicators -- Section 6. The historic heritage of Australian rural fences -- Section 7. Integration: fencing rural Australia -- Section 8. Core papersNotes
"All material in this thesis is copyright © John Pickard 1992-2010 except where the copyright is already vested.
Includes bibliographical references
Submitted for examination 8 July 2010"
"Approved by Academic Senate 16 November 2010"
"The title of this thesis Lines across the landscape has been a trademark (TM) of John Pickard since 1992."Awarding Institution
Macquarie UniversityDegree Type
Thesis PhDDegree
Thesis (PhD), Macquarie University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environment and GeographyDepartment, Centre or School
Department of Environment and GeographyYear of Award
2010Principal Supervisor
Patricia FanningAdditional Supervisor 1
Geoffrey HumphreysAdditional Supervisor 2
Damian B. GoreRights
Copyright disclaimer: http://www.copyright.mq.edu.au
Copyright John Pickard 2010.Language
EnglishExtent
xvi, 799 p., ill. (chiefly col.), mapsFormer Identifiers
mq:70966
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1269487
