While in the past Australians wrestled with what the Reef is, today they are struggling to reconcile what it will be
To do this, we need to understand the Reef s intertwining human story. The Great Barrier Reef has come to dominate Australian imaginations and global environmental politics. Saving the Reef charts the social history of Australia s most prized yet vulnerable environment, from the relationship between First Nations peoples and colonial settlers, to the Reef s most portentous moment the Save the Reef campaign launched in the 1960s. Through this gripping narrative and interwoven contemporary essays, historian Rohan Lloyd reveals how the Reef s continued decline is forcing us to reconsider what saving the Reef really means.
