‘Sisters of the South’: Australian-South African botanic exchange and the origins of comparative climatic forestry in South Africa c.1881-1994 Brett Bennett, University of Texas at Austin/University of Western Sydney Wednesday,…
The Influence and Legacies of Swain and Lane Poole
Seminar by Brett Bennett Tuesday 29th June, 5-6pm Lecture Theatre, Forestry Building (48) Linnaeus Way (comes off Daley Road) Charles Lane Poole (1885-1970) and Edward Harold Swain (1883-1970) are perhaps…
E.H.F. Swain and the Battle of Forestry Versus Agriculture
Dr Gregory Barton Centre for Environmental History, ANU Time: 4.15-5.30pm, Wednesday 10 March 2010 Venue: McDonald Room, Menzies Library, Australian National University Some foresters began to question the dominance of…