Australia's ever-changing forests: Conference Proceedings of the National Conferences on Australian forest history, 1988-2002.

Abstract

In 1987, a number of people with various interests in Australian forests and woodlands met at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University to consider the foundation of an Australian Forest History Society and sponsorship of an inaugural conference on Australian forest history in 1988.

The resultant 1st national conference was held at the ANU Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Canberra, 9-11 May 1988.

The 2nd national conference was held at the Victorian School of Forestry in Creswick, Victoria on 3-5 December 1992.

The 3rd national conference was convened by the Australian Forest History Society at Jervis Bay, 24-27 November 1996.

The 4th National Conference was held in the country of the Gubbi Gubbi people at Gympie in Queensland on 19-22 April 1999.

The 5th national conference of the Society was held in Tasmania in February 2002.

These are the proceedings emanating from these conferences. They have been reproduced with the permission of the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society as print copies are no longer available. Show more