Author of books ‘The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia’, ‘The Pure State of Nature’, and ‘Recovering the Tracks’, plus hundreds of academic articles, and many hundreds more newspaper columns and, recently, blogs. Formerly on “ABC Unleashed” and Huffington Post. Is interested in writing, politics, biology, conservation, family history, sheep, astronomy, collecting old books and prints, old china, good television. Has been a professional zoologist, archaeologist, book publisher, farmer, writer, some simultaneously. He has a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Science with Honours, a Master of Science, a Doctor of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Letters. All that, and more, can be read about here.
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Today was the first time I’d heard of you-via a link posted by a reader of I have to admit I am bitterly hostile to the rural lobby and their death-defying stupidity.
I know there always exceptions to the general perception of others, BUT, don’t the farmers learn from their history? Don’t they know the National Country Party is only interested in helping the big irrigators? More payola that way. Don’t they know Barnaby Joyce has an IQ of twenty?
I spent many years growing up on what used to be a rural property but which was subsequently taken over as a national park and my late husband had a property close to Melbourne which is now residential. And when I see the blind greed and vacuous carryings on by the Blucher Boot Syndrome I despair.
We have something in common. We are both atheists-I’m a very vocal one.
Hi Venise, thanks for dropping by, call again soon.
In answer to your question – it is a bit like the tea partiers in US fighting to reduce the taxes of billionaires because thy all think that one day they too might be a billionaire. Country folk apparently think that one day they might be a giant irrigator.
Hey don’t tar all country folk with the same brush! I choose to live in beautiful rural vic. Grew up in the Wimmera, lived all over the country and be some weird fate I’m back. We are not all as you describe! I can say similar things about urbanites/burbies but I choose not to!
Fair enough – exceptions to every generalisation! And welcome to the blog, come again soon.
Hi, David, I’m putting you on my blog roll, thanks for putting me on yours!
Glad you enjoyed my stuff – I’m so delighted at the responses, most of them, a few familiars want to set my hair on fire, but I’ve got the extinguisher handy. Clearly I touched a nerve out there.
Take care, and very best wishes, Jennifer