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Born in a Tent Author: Bill Garner

ISBN: 9781742233345 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 288 Published: 1 October 2013 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 23.0 x 17.6 x 22.86 Description:

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 our camping holidays connect us to the land, to the past, and to one another. 

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