Abstract
THE march of civilisation inevitably betokens the retreat of the native plants and animals of a country. For long the retreat passes unnoticed: the early settlers, battling with Nature for a foothold, have little inclination to survey any but the most immediate effects of their handiwork, and it is left for their more leisured successors to develop the aesthetic sense which laments the disappearance of the primeval natives of the land. It is on this account the more gratifying to find that a comparatively new country like Australia, with its unique fauna and flora, has tackled the problem of its disappearing animals and plants with an energy which puts to shame the puny efforts made in the ‘old country.’
Save Australia: a Plea for the Right Use of our Flora and Fauna.
By various Writers. Edited by Sir James Barrett. Pp. viii + 231. (Melbourne and London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1925.) 8s. 6d. net.
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RITCHIE, J. Save Australia: a Plea for the Right Use of our Flora and Fauna . Nature 118, 218–219 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118218a0
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