| Description |
vii, 343 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portrait (some color) ; 30 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Pt.1. Biology of eucalypts -- Evolution and distribution -- Where eucalypts occur -- Growth characterists -- Reation to fire and drought -- Eucalypts as wildlife habitat -- Plant parasites of eucalypts -- Pt.2. Three genera -- Naming eucalypt species -- Botanists who named eucalypts -- Identifying eucalypts -- Pt.3. Traditional aboriginal society -- European settlement -- Brief history of forestry -- Eucalypts in wartime -- Pt.4. Utilising eucalypts today -- Propogation and cultivation -- Managing pests and diseases -- Hybrids and cultivars -- Landscape and planting -- Eucalypt arboreta -- Timber production -- Timber crafts -- Honey production -- Cut flowers, foliage and gumnuts -- Dyes -- Eucalyptus oil -- Pt.5. Special Eucalypts -- Iconic groups of eucalypts -- Endangered eucalypts -- Significant individual eucalypts Eucalypts overseas -- Pt.6. Eucalypts in art and culture -- Painting gum trees -- Photographing gum trees -- Flower painters and illustrators -- Eucalypts in applied art -- Eucalypts in advertising Australiana and collectables -- Music, stage and screen -- Eucalypts and children -- Eucalypts in Australian literature |
| Summary |
Eucalypts are a familiar part of our landscape and an integral part of the Australian identity. This book celebrates their diversity, their beauty and the role they play in our history, culture and economy. It looks at their evolution, biology, horticulture and ecology, together with their classification and the botanists involved. Through historic and contemporary images, it examines the many ways in which they have served Aboriginal, colonial and contemporary Australians in both practical and aesthetic ways |
| Analysis |
Eucalyptus |
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Myrtaceae |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-311) and index |
| Notes |
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards : Shortlist [2011] |
| Subject |
Eucalyptus -- Australia.
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Eucalyptus.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315
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| Author |
Fagg, Murray.
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| LC no. |
2010534735 |
| ISBN |
9781741759242 (hbk.) |
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