The cull of the wild: dingoes, development and death in an Australian tourist location

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dc.contributor.authorPeace, Adrian Johnen
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Social Sciences : Anthropologyen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.descriptionAnthropology Today © 2002 Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Irelanden
dc.description.abstractPresents 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.en
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAdrian Peaceen
dc.identifier.citationAnthropology Today, 2002; 18 (5):14-19en
dc.identifier.issn0268-540Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/13923
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoyal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Irelanden
dc.source.urihttp://www.jstor.org/stable/3694986en
dc.subjectFraser Island (Qld.); Queenslanden
dc.titleThe cull of the wild: dingoes, development and death in an Australian tourist locationen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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