Australia's Remarkable Trees
Botany Natural History Travel & Regional Guides Photography Environment & Ecology Australian Studies
Australia’s Remarkous Trees – New Edition (Richard Allen & Kimbal Baker, Melbourne University Press, 2014) is the definitive field-friendly guide for anyone who wants more than a cursory look at the continent’s most extraordinary living monuments. At 272 generously illustrated pages, this large-format paperback spotlights 50 iconic species—from the towering Mountain Ash of Victoria to the gnarled Boab of the Kimberley—combining rich botanical detail with bush history, Indigenous uses, and practical identification tips. The result is a book that functions equally well as a serious reference for TAFE and university students, a coffee-table showpiece for armchair travellers and an inspiring companion for hikers, gardeners, and 4-WD tourers planning their next road-trip.
What makes this new edition special is the complete overhaul of photography: every image has been re-shot and colour-corrected, presenting each tree at its most photogenic season and angle. Clear, labelled close-ups of bark, leaf, flower and fruit sit alongside sweeping landscape shots that reveal the tree’s place in Australia’s ecology and cultural imagination. Side-bars give quick-access facts on height, lifespan, timber value and threatened status, while longer essays explore how fire, climate change and land-clearing are reshaping these silent giants. The lay-flat binding and hardy laminated cover mean the book will survive repeated thumbing in backpacks, gloveboxes and potting sheds.
Collectors love the first edition’s scarcity; readers love the new edition’s readability. Whether you’re a young naturalist sketching eucalypts for a school project or a grey-nomad plotting a botanical grand-loop, Australia’s Remarkable Trees delivers the stories behind the silhouettes you see on every horizon. This copy is in very good, clean condition—no sun-fading, no dog-eared corners—ready to slip straight onto your shelf or into your day-pack before the next big trip.
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