A forester's log : the story of John La Gerche and the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest, 1882-1897 / A...
A forester's log : the story of John La Gerche and the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest, 1882-1897 / A...
A forester's log : the story of John La Gerche and the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest, 1882-1897 / Angela Taylor.
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Publisher
Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
634.9209945/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvii, 224 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Contents
1. 'Something like a Forest'? -- 2. Beating the bounds: the bailiff-forester at work -- 3. Seeing the wood and the trees: of stringy bark, bastard gum and peppermint -- 4. Silvan disobedience: prop cutters, woodcutters and sluicers -- 5. 'A source of annoyance': illegal occupation and careless use o...
Publication information
Publisher
Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
"A Forester's Log is a unique forest story, told from a forester's viewpoint--the view of John La Gerche, one of the first generation of foresters in Victoria, who managed the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest in the late nineteenth century.La Gerche's Letter Books and Pocket Books have survived to provide a rare insight into a bailiff-forester's burd...
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A forester's log : the story of John La Gerche and the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest, 1882-1897 / Angela Taylor.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-214) and index.
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634.9209945/1
Record Identifier
74Vvd75vXKK3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvd75vXKK3
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ISBN
0522848397
9780522848397
DDC
634.92099453
MMS ID
991005870839702626
