The Battle of the Blue Gums
13 Aug, Sun 12:00PM | The Battle of the Blue Gums | ||||
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Janine K. | |||||
During the 1930s, two forests were under threat – the Blue Gum Forest in the Blue Mountains and the Blue Gum High Forest in St Ives. Discover how pioneer conservationists like Myles Dunphy and Annie Wyatt successfully rallied to protect these forests. How did these forest battles contribute to the modern Australian conservation movement? How is Ku-ring-gai’s Blue Gum High Forest faring today – at a time of burgeoning population and housing demands, habitat loss and climate change? T: From: 13 Aug 2017, 12:00PM |