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This new study offers a timely and compelling account of why past generations of Australians have seen the north of the country as an empty land, and how those perceptions of Australia’s tropical regions impact current policy and shape the self-image of the nation. It considers the origins of these concerns - from fears of invasion and moral qualms about leaving resources lying idle, from apprehensions about white nationhood coming under international censure and misgivings about the natural attributes of the north - and elucidates Australians’ changing appreciations of the natural environments of the north, their shifting attitudes toward race and their unsettled conceptions of Asia.

Islands of the Pacific-History. --- Environmental policy --- Northern Territory --- Population --- Public opinion. --- North Australia --- Central Australia --- Environmental policy. --- Area studies. --- Environmental Policy. --- Area Studies. --- Australasian History. --- Area research --- Foreign area studies --- Education --- Research --- Geography --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Study and teaching --- Government policy --- Islands of the Pacific—History.

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This new study offers a timely and compelling account of why past generations of Australians have seen the north of the country as an empty land, and how those perceptions of Australia’s tropical regions impact current policy and shape the self-image of the nation. It considers the origins of these concerns - from fears of invasion and moral qualms about leaving resources lying idle, from apprehensions about white nationhood coming under international censure and misgivings about the natural attributes of the north - and elucidates Australians’ changing appreciations of the natural environments of the north, their shifting attitudes toward race and their unsettled conceptions of Asia.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Social sciences (general) --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Social geography --- History of North America --- History of Oceania with Australia --- wereldgeschiedenis --- regionale geschiedenis --- geschiedenis --- sociale wetenschappen --- milieubeleid --- Australia

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