The nature/culture dichotomy finds uneasy meeting ground in the garden. But particularly in settler cultures, "the garden" introduces other unresolved dichotomies: indigenous and imported; wild and domesticated; pests and pets; traditional myth and scientific rationality. This essay considers these issues by focussing on the public debate over fruit bat colonies in the Melbourne (Australia) Botanical Gardens. ©Mosaic.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Language, Communication and Culture
Research Group:	Cultural studies
Research Field:	Globalisation and culture
Objective Division:	Culture and Society
Objective Group:	Communication
Objective Field:	Literature
UTAS Author:	Tiffin, HM (Professor Helen Tiffin)
ID Code:	47350
Year Published:	2005
Web of Science® Times Cited:	1
Deposited By:	English, Journalism and European Languages
Deposited On:	2007-08-01
Last Modified:	2007-09-13
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