Industrialisation and South Australia

Geographers – looking back to lead the way?

“…The importance of understanding the natural environment and the hazards often related with that environment were also important. Reviewers of this publication (Duncan 1988;Rich 1988) remarked on the clarity with which the changes in the landscape had been presented, and Rich in particular noted the book was a 'visual feast' containing as it does not only illustrations created specifically for the atlas but also contemporary sketches of historical events. Such use strengthened the reader's ability to interpret environmental change and thus reinforce the importance of the fourth element of McCaskill's schema -to be a consumer of the knowledge presented.…”