Forest family : Australian culture, art, and trees /

Forest family : Australian culture, art, and trees /

Forest Family highlights the importance of the old-growth forests of Southwest Australia to art, culture, history, politics, and community identity. The volume weaves together the natural and cultural histories of Southwest eucalypt forests, spanning pre-settlement, colonial, and contemporary period...

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Other Authors: Ryan, John (Poet)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2018]

Series: Critical Plant Studies 4.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350.

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Old growth forests > Western Australia > History.
Human-plant relationships > Western Australia > History.
Forests in literature.

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Call Number: SD387.O43

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Contributors
  • Introducing Forest Family /
  • John C. Ryan and Rod Giblett
  • Old-Growth Nature and Culture
  • From Understory to Overstory: Critical Studies of Old-Growth Trees and Forests /
  • John C. Ryan
  • Forest Giants: Locating Southwest Australian Old-Growth Country /
  • John C. Ryan
  • Family Trees: Jarrah, Karri, and the Gibletts of the Balbarrup-Dingup Area /
  • Rod Giblett
  • Built in the Forest: A Hamlet History of Giblett Cultural Heritage /
  • Rod Giblett
  • Photographic Essay: Let No Man Put Asunder /
  • Juha Tolonen
  • Old-Growth Arts and Activism
  • From Burls to Blockades: Artistic Interpretations of Karri Trees and Forests /
  • John C. Ryan
  • Sing the Karri, Sculpt the Jarrah: Sustaining Old-Growth Forest through the Arts /
  • Robin Ryan
  • Old-Growth Activism: The Giblett Forest Rescue of 1994 and 1997 /
  • Nandi Chinna
  • Back Matter
  • Index.