Conversations with the Land: Environmental Questions and Eleanor Dark

Authors

  • Susan Carson The University of Queensland

Keywords:

Eleanor Dark, The Timeless Land, conservation, patriotism

Abstract

This paper discusses Dark's evocation of the Australian environment, particularly her representation of the land as a critical component of her agenda of national self-analysis, and argues for her role in the development of a national conservation consciousness, by reference to The Timeless Land.

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Published

2013-02-14

Issue

1997: Land and Identity: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference

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Conversations with the Land: Environmental Questions and Eleanor Dark. (2013). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 191-196. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9530