Anthony Sharwood Anthony Sharwood i(A62280 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 3 y separately published work icon The Brumby Wars : The Battle for the Soul of Australia Anthony Sharwood , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2021 22811188 2021 multi chapter work criticism

'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)

1 y separately published work icon From Ash to Snow Anthony Sharwood , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2020 19527526 2020 single work autobiography

'In the hellish, fiery Australian summer of 2019/20, Walkley Award-winning journalist Anthony Sharwood abandoned his post on a busy news website to clear his mind, solo-trekking the Australian Alps Walking Track, Australia's most gruelling and breathtakingly beautiful mainland hiking trail, which traverses the entirety of the iconic High Country from the outskirts of Melbourne to Canberra.

'The journey started in a blizzard and ended in a blaze. Along the way, this lifelong lover of the mountains came to realise that nothing would ever be the same - either for him or for the imperilled Australian Alps, a landscape as fragile and sensitive to the changing climate as the Great Barrier Reef.' (Publication summary)

 

1 3 y separately published work icon The Diary of an Olympic Cabbie : You Talkin' to Me? Anthony Sharwood , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2001 Z899877 2001 single work prose diary humour
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