| Description |
x, 291 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. An Exotic Garden City? -- 2. David Stead and the Wonder of Wildlife -- 3. Walter Burley Griffin Creates a Spirited Community -- 4. Charles Bean Makes a Play for Health -- 5. Thistle Harris Cultivates the Flower Child -- 6. Norman Weekes Plans a Garden Region of the People -- 7. Maria Byles Makes a Place for Other Lives and Souls -- 8. Myles Dunphy Finds His Freedom in the Parks -- 9. Annie Wyatt Secures the Inheritance -- 10. Epilogue: Beauty in the Weed Garden? -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Tells the stories of the intertwined lives and writings of a network of conservationists in early 20th century Sydney, which included David Stead, Walter Burley Griffin, Charles Bean, Thistle Harris, Norman Weekes, Marie Byles, Myles Dunphy and Annie Wyatt |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Conservation of the environment (New South Wales) |
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Local history (New South Wales) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references (pages 276-282) and index |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
| Subject |
Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow), 1879-1968.
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Byles, Marie, 1900-1979
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Byles, Marie Beuzeville.
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Dunphy, Myles, 1891-1985.
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Griffin, Walter Burley, 1876-1937.
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Harris, Thistle Y. (Thistle Yolette), 1902-1990
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Stead, David G. (David George), 1877-1957.
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Weekes, Norman
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Wyatt, A. Forsyth
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"The Nib" Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2014)
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City planning -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
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City planning -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
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Naturalists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Conservationists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Nature conservation -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
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Nature conservation -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
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| SUBJECT |
Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- Environmental aspects.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005383
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Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- Environmental conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384
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Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- Planning.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006228
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Rowlands, Art, designer
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| LC no. |
2013455450 |
| ISBN |
9781925003086 |
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