The Dogs That Made Australia

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publisher Place: New South Wales
Publisher Year: 2018
Edition: First Edition

Description: 368 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The Story Of The Dogs That Brought About Australia's Transformation From Starving Colony To Pastoral Powerhouse

Publishers Description: Hunter. Worker. Legend. The untold story of the dogs role in building our nation. Everyoneknows Australia rode on the sheeps back. But do they know just how much those sheep depended on the dog Working dogs made a huge contribution tothe success of the Australian wool and beef industries. Indeed, they provided the means to feed a starving colony; guard fledgling colonial agricultural enterprises; and extend a sheep and beef industry that fed the world. Never hasAustralia had a workforce that asked for so little and yet produced so much. The Dogs That Made Australia is a vividand meticulously researched history of Australia told through the story of thedingo, the dogs that were imported and bred here, and the humans who loved, feared and worked them.

ISBN: 9781460756454