Australia's ever-changing forests IV: Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Australian forest history

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CONTENTS: List of authors, page iii. Preface, page v. MEANING: 1. Our people: the Gubbi Gubbi / Eve Mumewa D. Fesl, page 3. 2. Aboriginal practices in East Gippsland forests precontact / Anitra Nelson, page 5. 3. Bikbus wokabaut: Human influences and wild nature in Australasia / Tom Heinsohn, page 17. 4. Trees age and memories change in the Avenues of Honour and Remembrance / John Dargavel, page 37. 5. Gardens, patriotism and the defence of forests / Libby Robin, page 54. CONSERVING: 6. Mismanagement of Royal forest in England, 1500-1640 / Sybil Jack, page 69. 7. Place of native forest in New Zealand's mental landscape, 1874 / Paul Star, page 85. 8. Nineteenth century origins of some rainforest nature reserves in northern New South Wales / Brett J. Stubbs, page 99. 9. Public and private ownership, government and forestry / Kenneth E. Jackson, page 115. MANAGING: 10. Hoop pine nursery techniques, 1916-1997 / John Huth, page 127. 11. Establishing professional forestry in Queensland: the Swain years, 1918-1932 / Kevin Frawley, page 144. 12. Charles Weston's contribution to afforestation and conservation in the federal capital / John Gray, page 165. 13. Bushfire, brown barrel and bloody cold weather: Bull's Head revisited / Matthew Higgins, page 181. 14. Bush to managed forest: harvesting sawlogs in East Gippsland, 1947-1983 / Moray Douglas, page 190. 15. Recent forest-use disputes in Queensland: a history of resolution / Peter Holzworth, page 205. 16. Tourism and recreation in the forests of south-western Australia / Dale Sanders, page 224. USING: 17. Colonial enterprise: Pettigrew and Sim's Dundathu Sawmill, 1862-1893 / Elaine Brown, page 239. 18. Henry's Mill: the archaeology and history of an Otways sawmill settlement / Peter Davies, page 247. 19. Stakeholders, lobbyists and politicians at Brooloo / Judith Powell, page 260. 20. Australian logging interests in the Solomon Islands, c. 1920-1970 / Judith A. Bennett, page 273. 21. Maydena, the logging town in a colonised valley / Peter MacFie, page 293. UNDERSTANDING: 22. Flowering records in Victorian box-ironbark forests / Marie R. Keatley, Irene L. Hudson and Tim Fletcher, page 311. 23. Species trials and arboreta in Tasmania / Denise Gaughwin, page 329. 24. It soothes my soul: Assessing aesthetic values of forests / Juliet Ramsay, page 342. 25. Artists of south-east Queensland forests / Jane Lennon, page 356. 26. Through a glass darkly? Leaves from the postmodern forest / Stephen M. Legg, page 372. Show more