A remarkable memoir detailing a heroic and unswerving commitment to renew the severely degraded land on Wooleen, a massive pastoral property in Western Australia's southern rangelands.
David Pollock is a second-generation pastoralist from Wooleen Station in the Murchison region of Western Australia. He took over the 153,000-hectare property when he was 27, and was soon joined by his now wife Frances as they embarked on a quest to transform Wooleen into a sustainable grazing enterprise. They run a station-stay tourism business to help pay for repairing the ecological damage caused by historic overgrazing, and have appeared on the ABC TV's Australian Story program four times. David loves Frances, palatable perennial grass, Wooleen, their four kelpies, and cows. In that order.
"The astonishing story of reviving the oldest land on Earth. The
Wooleen Way is a revelation."
--Tim Flannery "Written in simple, accessible language devoid of
cant or dogma, this is a work of bracing intellectual honesty. All
Australians who take environmental issues seriously must read this
book." 4.5 STARS
--Chris Saliba, Books+Publishing "With passion, wisdom, and keen
observation, David Pollock has conducted a master class of
regenerative rangeland instruction, supported by a do-able plan.
The Wooleen Way should be read and absorbed by every
agricultural/environment minister in the country and by their
departmental staffs, whilst the principles outlined should be
taught in all our agricultural colleges."
--Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC, former
governor-general of Australia and former governor of Western
Australia "David tells his story with detail, care, humour and an
endearing vulnerability. This 360-page paperback is a personal
story of a man with a deeply rural heart and love of the land who
wants to see it return to its former glory...It's a great read for
lovers of autobiographies or anyone who wants to understand rural
Australia, and particularly vital for anyone interested in
livestock production in semi arid country."
--R.M. Williams Outback "Through retelling the struggle of his
family amid droughts, financial ruin, depression, and death, David
Pollock exposes the modern day realities of managing a remote
outback station...This is an urgent story of political
irresponsibility, bureaucratic obstinacy, industrial
monopolisation, and, above all, ecological illiteracy in a vast
segment of the Australian continent."
--Sunraysia Life "By asking difficult questions and following the
advice of ecologists who were working against received wisdom,
Pollock has managed to bring water back to Wooleen Lake, attract
native wildlife, build soil health, and make muddied rivers run
clear. Pollock pulls no punches. He questions whether land
essentially owned by banks can ever be sustained as a public
resource, and criticises government policy that favours short-term
profit over environmental restoration and Indigenous land
management."
--Michael McLoughlin, Readings
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