The Cape River region book

Edited by Maria Kraatz, Sally Sullivan, Wendy Tubman, Kate O'Donnell, based on interviews by Stephen Tapsall

This set of four books produced by the Tropical Savannas CRC describes natural resource management as currently practiced by some successful graziers and pastoralists. Each book focuses on a region of northern Australia: the Cape River Catchment near Charters Towers, Queensland’s northern Gulf, and the Northern Territory’s Victoria River District and Sturt Plateau.

While there is much information available from scientists, agencies and community interest groups, it is harder to access local knowledge and conventional wisdom held by people who live and work on the land. These books redress this imbalance by documenting how graziers manage their natural resources, and recording the practice and wisdom accumulated by a selection of respected north Australian graziers.

The books arose out a project funded by Meat and Livestock Australia and the TS–CRC and led by Stephen Tapsall. Stephen collected many hours of interviews from dozens of graziers and pastoralists and much of the text is in their own words. This local knowledge is accompanied by summaries of issues faced by land managers written by Maria Kraatz, a writer and editor and Sally Sullivan, an experienced NT pastoralist.

Price: $15 per book.

ISBNs 

1 920949 19 4     Northern Gulf

1 920949 21 6     Cape River Catchment

1 920949 23 2     Sturt plateau

1 920949 25 9     VRD