Invasive Pests

08/26/11 • 17 min

Professor Katie Holmes (History, La Trobe University) on how pastoralism became the first land-based economic staple of European Australia, its impact, and the introduction of pests.

Professor Katie Holmes (History, La Trobe University) on how pastoralism became the first land-based economic staple of European Australia, its impact, and the introduction of pests.

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