A Forester's Log: the Story of John La Gerche and the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest 1882-1897

— —

Angela Taylor

A Forester's Log

Name: A Forester's Log
Price: 52.99 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9780522848397

the Story of John La Gerche and the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest 1882-1897

Angela Taylor

$52.99

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We will update you on expected arrival time to us. If this delay is too long, please let us know within 2 business days and we can give you options regarding cancelling or adjusting your order. More details on cancelling your order can be found in our Terms of Trade.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Melbourne University Press
08 November 1994

Biography: historical, political & military; Literary essays; Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Forestry & related industries

A Forester's Log tells the story of John La Gerche, a pioneering forester in the Ballarat-Creswick area.

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 burdens in the 1880s and 1890s. As a bailiff, he daily had to confront prop cutters and woodcarters, 'scamps and vagabonds' who constantly defied forest regulations. His pioneering work helped shape today's forested landscape around the Central Victorian goldfields town of Creswick, 'the home of forestry'.

In the detailed correspondence between this amateur forester and his bureaucratic masters lies the human story of an ordinary yet remarkable man, endeavouring to strike a fair balance between the competing demands of local woodcutters and distant officials. Angela Taylor reads between the lines to create a beautifully perceptive portrait of a vanishing character type-the truly committed public servant.

A Forester's Log is an illuminating and charming book which will appeal to a wide range of readers, both urban and rural, including those interested in conservation and landscape heritage.

Edited by: Angela Taylor
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 193mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780522848397
ISBN 10: 0522848397
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 08 November 1994
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angela Taylor has a BA (Hons) in English from the University of Sydney, a Diploma in African Studies from the University of Edinburgh, and a Diploma in Education from Monash University. She completed her MA in Public History with first-class Honours at Monash University in 1997. She has worked variously as a teacher, lecturer, researcher and archivist in Australia and overseas.