Author(s): Lindsay Fitzclarence

Environment Current Affairs

Mining in Australia generates billions of dollars and is central to its image and economy. But how much do we really know about this economic behemoth? This revealing (and disturbing) travelogue takes us through vast and remote areas of Victoria, NSW, SA and WA to seven mining sites. It shows exactly how mining destroys the environment, mistreats workers and local communities and trashes Aboriginal land rights- sometimes in plain sight, sometimes in secret. This road trip also takes us through the places in between these mining sites where notions of terra nullius have also provided cover for appalling State-sanctioned activities. If you live in Australia's coastal cities, you will learn a lot by joining Lindsay Fitzclarence on his travels through the dirty life of mining.