The cull of the wild: dingoes, development and death in an Australian tourist location
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2002
Authors
Peace, Adrian John
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Anthropology Today, 2002; 18 (5):14-19
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Adrian Peace
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Presents a paper on contradictory images of the endangered dingo population which is feared as a wild animal and is also the target of fun and ridicule in tourist resort advertising. Description of fatal attack by dingoes in Fraser Island, Queensland; Emergence of the island as a major center for domestic and international tourism; Role of media in reinforcing the belief that dingoes are dangerous to people.
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School of Social Sciences : Anthropology
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Anthropology Today © 2002 Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland