Forests of Ash An Environmental History

About this book

Tells the story of Australia's giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which grows in the region north and east of Melbourne. Griffiths tells the environmental, ecological and social history of a unique Australian forest, and, in doing so, tells the story of the continent as a whole.

Contents

Part I. A History of the Ash Range: 1. Continent of fire; 2. Tall trees; 3. 'Improving'; 4. Crossing the Blacks' Spur; 5. Mining; 6. Timber tramways; 7. Water; 8. The theatre of nature; 9. Tourism; 10. Black Friday; 11. The long experiment; 12. Heritage; Part II. Spotlights Ash and ants Alan Yen; Co-evolution, a tall forest story Ken Walker; Lyrebird Rory O'Brien; Coranderrk calendar Lindy Allen; Gems in the forest Bill Birch; The good oil Gary Presland; Hairstreak butterfly Ross Field; Shortfin eel Martin Gomon; 'The strength and beauty of the mountain valleys' Elizabeth Willis; Leadbeater's possum Joan Dixon; Insect outbreaks Alan Yen; Exhibiting the tall forests Luke Simpkin; Epilogue.

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