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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 The Brumby Wars : The Battle for the Soul of Australia
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'It's not just a war over horses. It's a battle for the soul of Australia.

'This is a book about the intense culture war raging around Australia's wild horses, known as brumbies. It pits a vision of the legendary Man from Snowy River and the iconic ANZAC Light Horse against the spectre of ecosystems destroyed by feral pests. The debate involves powerful politicians and media commentators, and stars an animal mythologised in Australian poetry and prose. But in essence, this is about us. The Brumby Wars is about Australians at war with each other over their vision of an ideal Australia.

'To ecologists and people who ski, walk and fish in the High Country and other areas where the brumbies proliferate, they are a feral menace which must be removed to save delicate alpine landscapes. To the descendants of cattle families and many Australians in urban and regional areas, brumbies are untouchable, a symbol of wildness and freedom.

'Something has to give. But what? The land or the horses? This war is set to escalate dramatically before we have an answer. Featuring interviews with characters from all sides of the debate, The Brumby Wars is the riveting account of a major national issue and the very human passions it inspires. It is also a journey, a quest to understand what makes us tick in our increasingly polarised country.' (Publication summary)

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2021 .
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      • Published: 1st September 2021
      ISBN: 9780733647208

Works about this Work

The Brumby Wars, Anthony Sharwood Elizabeth Flux , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 23-29 October 2021;

— Review of The Brumby Wars : The Battle for the Soul of Australia Anthony Sharwood , 2021 multi chapter work criticism

'The image of wild horses running free is exhilarating. It speaks to independence, to poetry, to an Australia invoked by the words of Banjo Paterson. But when the wild horses have run, what is left in their wake?' (Introduction)

If The Man from Snowy River Is Indigenous, What Does That Mean for Our National Myth-making? Simon Ryan , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 September 2021;

— Review of The Brumby Wars : The Battle for the Soul of Australia Anthony Sharwood , 2021 multi chapter work criticism
Real-life Man From Snowy River Was Aboriginal, New Book Argues Tory Shepherd , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 September 2021;

'Anthony Sharwood, author of The Brumby Wars, says all the stockmen were Indigenous where the legendary ride is thought to have happened'

If The Man from Snowy River Is Indigenous, What Does That Mean for Our National Myth-making? Simon Ryan , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 September 2021;

— Review of The Brumby Wars : The Battle for the Soul of Australia Anthony Sharwood , 2021 multi chapter work criticism
The Brumby Wars, Anthony Sharwood Elizabeth Flux , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 23-29 October 2021;

— Review of The Brumby Wars : The Battle for the Soul of Australia Anthony Sharwood , 2021 multi chapter work criticism

'The image of wild horses running free is exhilarating. It speaks to independence, to poetry, to an Australia invoked by the words of Banjo Paterson. But when the wild horses have run, what is left in their wake?' (Introduction)

Real-life Man From Snowy River Was Aboriginal, New Book Argues Tory Shepherd , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 September 2021;

'Anthony Sharwood, author of The Brumby Wars, says all the stockmen were Indigenous where the legendary ride is thought to have happened'

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