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Author Mirams, Sarah, 1959-

Title Darebin Parklands : escaping the claws of the machine / Sarah Mirams
Published Melbourne : Melbourne Books, 2011

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  631.64099451 Mir/Dpe  AVAILABLE
Description 173 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles, maps, color portraits ; 21 x 26 cm
Contents Distant, four miles from Melbourne 1835-1850 -- Ever flowing Darebin Rivulet 1851-1890 -- Just that smack of country life 1900-1945 --Gone to the pack 1945-1972 -- With boldness and imagination 1973-1978 -- A little adventure left in boring, everyday suburbia 1977-1989 -- And finally a tawny frogmouth 1990-1999 -- A place to appreciate nature 2000-2008 -- Conclusion -- Birdlife in the Darebin Parklands
Summary The Darebin Parklands, an urban bushland on the Darebin Creek is well loved by the surrounding community but that was not always the case. Only 35 years ago, the parkland was dominated by a municipal tip, was weed infested and destined for commercial development
Analysis Australian
Notes Foreword by Tim Flannery
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Darebin Creek Management Committee
Land degradation -- Australia -- Victoria -- Darebin Parklands
Regeneration (Botany) -- Australia -- Victoria -- Darebin Parklands
Restoration ecology -- Australia -- Victoria -- Darebin Parklands
Revegetation -- Australia -- Victoria -- Darebin Parklands
SUBJECT Darebin Parklands (Vic.)
Darebin Parklands (Vic.) -- Environmental conditions
Author Darebin Parklands Association
ISBN 9781877096464 (paperback)