viii, 227 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
1. Continent of fire -- Co-evolution: a tall forest story / Ken Walker -- 2. Tall trees -- Ash and ants / Allan L. Yen -- 3. 'Improving' -- Lyrebird / Rory O'Brien -- 4. Crossing the Blacks' Spur -- Coranderrk calendar / Lindy Allen -- 5. Mining -- Gems in the forest / Bill Birch -- 6. Timber tramways -- The good oil / Gary Presland -- 7. Water -- Shortfin eel / Martin Gomon -- 9. Tourism -- 'The beauty and strength of the deep mountain valleys' / Elizabeth Willis -- 10. Black Friday -- Leadbeater's possum / Joan M. Dixon -- 11. The long experiment -- Insect outbreaks / Alan L. Yen -- 12. Heritage -- Exhibiting the tall forests / Luke Simpkin
Summary
This book tells the story of the giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which grows in the north and east of Melbourne. A single tree can reach a height of 120 feet in 20 years, making it the worlds tallest hardwood
Analysis
Forests
Historicsites
Victoria
History
Bushfires
Mountain ash
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-219) and index
Notes
Donation. ANU COOP 20120212 Brissenden collection, ANU Library