Author: Bob MarrowsPublisher: Silver Link Publishing
ISBN: 9781857945980
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Rails to the Forest 2nd Edition
Author: Bob MarrowsPublisher: Silver Link Publishing
ISBN: 9781857945980
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Rails to Rubicon
Author: Peter EvansPublisher:
ISBN: 9780909340544
Category : Logging railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Rubicon Forest was acknowledged as containing some of the finest stands of timber in the state of Victoria. Due to the rugged terrain, little could be done to exploit the timber until an efficient and economical means of transport could be provided. Light railways, (or tramways), were commonly used to deliver timber from Victorian forests to the closest Government railway. The first timber tramway in the Rubicon Forest was completed in 1907, but terminated some distance from a railhead. The railway to Alexandra was opened in 1909 and, in 1912, the railway and forest tramway were connected by a steel-railed tramway. This link was the principal method of timber transport in the district until 1947 when competition from road transport forced its closure.Rails to Rubicon tells the story of the sawmills and tramways of the Rubicon Forest. Around each mill was a cluster of houses. Keeping warm, dry and well fed was not as easy in the forest as it was in a rural township, and this book describes what it was like to live in one of these isolated settlements. Schools and facilities for entertainment had to be provided, often on steep hillsides miles from anywhere. Yet the inhabitants of the settlements led full and contented lives despite the dangerous nature of the work and the isolation and altitude of the mill settlements.Although sawmilling forms the central theme of this book, it is not the only one. Forests provided a seasonal home to the Aboriginal people and to the pastoralists who followed and displaced them. Fire is a major theme in forest history and Rails to Rubicon describes the fire practices of the graziers using the forest and the fire-exclusion policies of the forest managers who eventually forced them out. The utilisation of the water resources of the forest is also explored, and a chapter describes the historic Rubicon hydro-electric scheme.
Environmental Management (Second Edition)
Author: N. K. UberoiPublisher: Excel Books India
ISBN: 9350621142
Category : Environmental management
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The Railway Shareholder's Manual ... Second edition
Author: Henry TUCKWestward by Rail: a Journey to San Francisco and Back ... Second Edition, with a New Introductory Chapter
Author: William Fraser RaeBirds of New Guinea
Author: Thane K. PrattPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691095639
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman.
Forest Trails Library Bibliography
Author: Jim SchmidNorth Florida and the Florida Panhandle 2nd Edition
Author: Sandra FriendPublisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 0881509655
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
This guide covers all of North Florida and the Panhandle south through Gainesville, including Pensacola, Panama City, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine. Whether you’re looking for a vacation spot on the Gulf Coast, a wild river to paddle, a dramatic waterfall, or a historic homestead to visit, seasoned travel writers Friend and Wolf show you the best of everything in the region. Coverage includes Gainesville, Pensacola, Panama City, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine, with hundreds of authoritative and dependable lodging and dining recommendations for the entire area.
Rails
Author: Barry TaylorPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140813537X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
This is a guide to rails, a relatively homogeneous family of birds spread throughout the world. Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo have described and illustrated 145 species of rails, including two that are newly described, and also ten that are recently extinct and two that are almost certainly extinct. The book, based on up-to-date references and on new observations, is the first to give comprehensive information on field identification (including voice), covering all species and races for which details are known. It is also the first to provide descriptions of the immature and juvenile plumages of many species. The authors provide a detailed summary of current knowledge of all aspects of rail biology and their often complex behaviour, social structure, and family life. They explain how such apparently poorly flying birds can undertake intercontinental migrations and are such widespread and successful colonists of remote oceanic islands. They also discuss the remarkable ease and speed with which species on such islands have evolved into flightless forms in the absence of predators, a fact that has led to the rapid extinction of numerous island taxa following the arrival of man. Rail habitats are fast disappearing, say the authors, and many rails become endangered before enough is known about them to plan effective conservation measures. The book provides information on distribution, status, habitat requirements, and current threats, and it gives conservation priorities for threatened species.
Cook's Excursionist and Home and Foreign Tourist Advertiser
Author: Thomas Cook (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description