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Australian Garden History Society Lecture: Charles Lane Poole and the Growth of Trees
Dr John Dargavel
Date: Wednesday 8 July, 6pm, followed by drinks
Venue: Conference Room, National Library of Australia
Charles Edward Lane Poole (1885-1970) was one of Australia's most remarkable foresters. Born in England and trained in France, his tumultuous career took him from the Cape, the Transvaal and Sierra Leone to Western Australia, Papua, New Guinea and finally to Canberra as the Commonwealth's first Inspector-General of Forests. He was passionate about forest conservation that had to be based in science. This talk will briefly sketch his life before concentrating on his scientific work on the growth of trees in natural forests, arboreta and plantations.
Dr John Dargavel is an honorary Visiting Fellow in the Fenner School for Environment and Society at the ANU where he is actively engaged in forest history research. He is the immediate past President of the Australian Forest History Society. He is the author of more than 70 published papers. His biography, The Zealous Conservator: a life of Charles Lane Poole (University of Western Australia Press) was published in 2008.
Bookings: Bookings recommended, nclarke@grapevine.com.au
Cost: AGHS Members $10, non-members $15 (Including refreshments)
Enquiries: Judy Pearce, 6257 6970, expertco@ozemail.com.au
Rugged Beyond Imagination: Stories from an Australian mountain region
Matthew Higgins. National Museum of Australia Press. ISBN 9781876944742. RRP: $39.95
Cover image: The RMC Duntroon ski lodge, Mt Ginini, 1950s. Alan Bagnall, Kosciuszko Huts Association Collection.
Grand, wild and windswept, the Australian Alps have played a big part in forging the identity of our nation. Rugged Beyond Imagination examines the lesser-known northern Alps, defined by the Namadgi-Tidbinbilla region of the Australian Capital Territory, and pursues its historical links with Kosciuszko National Park.
Drawing on a rich oral history, this book captures the experiences of stockmen and skiers, scientists and surveyors, dam builders and brumby runners to paint a vivid picture of how people were shaped by the mountain environment and how they endeavoured to shape it. Rare and iconic images help to convey the beauty and history of a very special part of Australia.
Environmental history website
This website contains a rich array of information on Australian and New Zealand environmental history. So if you are looking for people, publications, events and links to outside organisations, you will find it here on the Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Website.
If you would like to be part of the Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network, or would like us to link to your website, please contact Libby.Robin@anu.edu.au.
The
image at the the head of these pages is from a work by Mandy Martin
entitled 'Groundplane'. For more information
on the artist and her work, please see Inflows:
The Channel Country.