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Society and Environment in the Industrial Age
September 30, 2025
Society before the consumer age 1. Always and industrial area
Society before the consumer age 2. Very much an outer western suburb
Society before the consumer age 3. Heaps of places to run and hide
Society before the consumer age 4. Community life in Ermington
Society before the consumer age 5 Very little to throw away
Society before the consumer age 6 Early days in the consumer society
Society before the consumer age 7 Embracing the conmsumer society
Pollution in perspective 8 Enter the plastic age
Pollution in perspective 9 Good plastic, bad plastic
Pollution in perspective 10 A completely understandable attitude
Pollution in perspective 11 The beginning of pollution control
Pollution in perspective 12 1970: An auspicious year
Pollution in perspective 13 When waste belonged to nobody
Pollution in perspective 14 No thought for the bigger picture
Pollution in perspective 15 The shame that came with it
Pollution in perspective 16 We could have done better
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