Flood Country: An Environmental History of the Murray-Darling Basin
By Emily O’Gorman Available now: http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/21/pid/6650.htm Flood Country examines changing understandings of the rivers, floods and floodplains of the Murray-Darling Basin…
The Culture of Weeds
A weed is usually defined as a plant out of place. Here we extend the idea of weediness to other biota and whole landscapes. We first consider the history of garden aesthetics as a major driver of…
Audio: Celebrating Douglas Mawson in Antarctica
Tom Griffiths' address to the Australian Academy of Science On Saturday 9 June 2012, ABC National Radio's The Science Show broadcast Tom Griffiths' address to the Australian Academy of Science…
Recording of Sverker Sörlin's lecture
Global Change, History and Planetary Futures: Stories from Sweden’s far northern edge On Tuesday 29 May Professor Sverker Sörlin gave a public lecture to a packed theatre at the Australian…
CFP: European Society for Environmental History (ESEH), 2013, Munich
The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) is pleased to invite proposals for sessions, roundtables, papers, posters and other, more experimental forms of communicating scholarship for its…
Sverker Sörlin: 'Global Change, History and Planetary Futures'
Stories from Sweden's far northern edge Public lecture Tuesday 29 May 2012 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception hosted by the Swedish Embassy hosted by the Ambassador for Sweden, His Excellency…
Slow Catastrophes
Drought resilience amongst farmers and agricultural communities in Australia, 1880s-2000s ‘Slow Catastrophes’ explores the history of people’s resilience to drought in Australia. Drought is a…