Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

In Albrecht&#x2019;s view, the residents of the Upper Hunter were suffering not just from the strain of living in difficult conditions but also from something more fundamental: a hitherto unrecognized psychological condition. In a 2004 essay, he coined a term to describe it: &#x201c;solastalgia,&#x201d; a combination of the Latin word <span class="italic">solacium</span> (comfort) and the Greek root &#x2013;<span class="italic">algia</span> (pain), which he defined as &#x201c;the pain experienced when there is recognition that the place where one resides and that one loves is under immediate assault . . . a form of homesickness one gets when one is still at &#x2018;home.&#x2019;