Noted the results of "representations and images of nature in the arts and letters, how these have changed and what they reveal about people and societies" . People turned on each other. Fathers leaving their families, husbands abandoning their wives, men daily fighting other men for the biggest dig with the biggest claim. What were once sacred lands for Aboriginal tribes have become trampled waste places. Potholes, sparse grass, hooked tents and unturned earth create further separation between white and Aboriginal society