A Million Wild Acres


A Million Wild Acres: 200 years of man and an Australian forest is a non-fiction book written by Eric Charles Rolls. It was first published in Melbourne by Thomas Nelson in 1981.
A Million Wild Acres is not just a regional history of what is now known as the Pilliga forest, but also a history of European settlement in Australia.

Contents

  1. Explorers and Livestock: Setting up the Board
  2. The First Moves: A Difficult Game
  3. The Squatters: The Rules are Ignored
  4. Licences to Depasture Beyond the Limits: A New Game to New Rules
  5. Runholders and Selectors: The Rules are Modified
  6. The Forest Takes Over: The Game Ends
  7. The Breelong Blacks: A Sinister Comedy
  8. Timber and Scrub
  9. Timbergetters and Scrub Dwellers: A Different Game
  10. Mud Springs and Soda Plains
  11. Animal Life: Insects, Reptiles and Others
  12. Animal Life: The Mammals
  13. The Animals: The Birds
  14. Wood Chips and International Airports: A Businessmen's Game

Reception

The book won The Age Book of the Year, C.J. Dennis Prize and Talking Book of the Year.