Overview

Rod Giblett came to live by Forrestdale Lake in southwestern Australia in 1986. Based in part on a nature journal he kept for several years, Black Swan Lake traces the life of the plants and animals of the surrounding area through the seasons. Presenting a wetlands calendar that charts the yearly cycle of the rising, falling, and drying waters of this internationally significant wetland, this book is a modern-day Walden. The first book to provide a cultural and natural history of this place—taking into account the indigenous people’s concept of the seasons (six instead of four)—Black Swan Lake will be enjoyed by conservationists, as well as others seeking connection with place, plants, and animals in their own bioregion.

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Author:   Rod Giblett ,  Warwick Mules ,  Rod Giblett ,  Emily Potter
Publisher:   Intellect Books
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781841507040

ISBN 10:   1841507040
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   15 April 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

PART I: Wetlands calendar Chapter 1: For a few years Chapter 2: Rising waters (August/Djilba/late winter) Chapter 3: Other place (September/Djilba/early spring) Chapter 4: Other life (October/Kambarang/mid-spring) Chapter 5: Wetland world (November/Kambarang/late spring) Chapter 6: Drying up (December/Birak/early summer) Chapter 7: Dry as a rule (January-February/Birak-Bunuru/mid-, late summer) Chapter 8: Still water (March/Bunuru/early autumn) Chapter 9: Big puddle (April/Djeran/mid-autumn) Chapter 10: Water's back (June/Makuru/early winter) Chapter 11: Birds are back (July/Makuru/mid-winter) PART II: The downflow Chapter 12: The ballad of black swan lake: Homage to Henry David James Chapter 13: The black swan: Homage to hoax writers Chapter 14: The blackness of the black swan: Homage to Herman Melville Chapter 15: Black swamp city: Homage to Hugh Webb Chapter 16: The body of the earth and the body of Australia: Homage to the human body Chapter 17: The way of water: Homage to Master Moy Lin-Shin Chapter 18: The seasons: Homage to Henry David Thoreau Chapter 19: The black arts of sublime technologies: Homage to Henry Adams Chapter 20: People and place of the whistling kite: Homage to Haliastur sphenurus Chapter 21: Living black waters: Homage to horrifying marsh monsters Chapter 22: Living with the earth: Homage to home-habitat

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Rod Giblett is associate professor in the School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University in Australia. He is the author of People and Places of Nature and Culture, also published by Intellect.

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