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
Historic sites
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
