A Forester's Log: The Story of John La Gerche and the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest 1882-1897 Contributor(s): Taylor, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0522848397 ISBN-13: 9780522848397 Publisher: Melbourne University OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1994 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Forestry - Nature | Plants - Trees - History | Australia & New Zealand - General |
Dewey: 634.920 |
LCCN: 98202137 |
Physical Information: 248 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A forest story, told from a forester's viewpoint - the view of John La Gerche, one of the first generations of foresters in Victoria, who managed the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest in the late-19th century. It provides an insight into a bailiff-forester's burdens in the 1880s and 1890s. |