NSW.Biodiversity<p>The family farm - years of 'bashing and burning'</p><p>"I bashed the trees down and burnt everything … I was a bash and burner."</p><p>"It took about 200 years to transform a once wild island into an agricultural powerhouse,<br>farmers raised to conquer the land; slashing native vegetation to make way for agriculture.Much of King Island's native vegetation has been cleared for farmland."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/king-island-environmental-destruction-farmer-conservationist/104743516" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/kin</span><span class="invisible">g-island-environmental-destruction-farmer-conservationist/104743516</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/FamilyFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyFarm</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/LandClearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandClearing</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/machinery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machinery</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SlashandBurn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlashandBurn</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a></p>