Keppel Bay is a beautiful, inspiring and diverse stretch of the Central Queensland coastline. It has a rich geological past, varied ethnic cultures and communities and a challenging economic future. Keppel Bay stretches from Yeppoon and Rosslyn Bay to Great Keppel Island; from Port Alma to the upper Fitzroy River; and from Sandy Creek Point to Keppel Sands. The contributors to Community, Environ-ment and History: Keppel Bay Case Studies have tried not so much to paint a picture of what the past was like, but to cultivate a deeper and more textured appreciation of place. This book focuses on the provocative issues of the ecology and environment, human modification on the coastline and Fitzroy River, community identity, resort and tourism development, ethnic diversity, challenges to local parks and wildlife and ensuring services of fresh water and sewerage. It also looks at what challenges the current residents of Keppel Bay have to face in sharing the region's glorious natural assets in a sustainable long-term relationship. Readers serious about understanding and applying sustainable landcare practices and urban and rural property managment will applaud the well researched route that this book has taken to chart the settlement, development and potential of the Keppel Bay coast. This collection of studies on the Keppel Bay reinforces that the environment is the cornerstone of our healthy existence. They provide not only a history lesson, but also one in sustainability. --Publisher description.