Burning Bush : A Fire History of Australia

Author Stephen Pyne traces the impact of fire in Australia, from its influence on vegetation to its use by Aborigines and European settlers. "Stephen Pyne is a great storyteller, and here he weaves as fine a tale as one could imagine about a phenomenon as seemingly ordinary as fire".--NATURAL HISTORY. A Weyerhaeuser Environmental Book. 14 photos.

Foreword

ix

(4)

William Cronon

Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition

xiii

(4)

Preface to the Original Edition: Firestick History

xvii

(5)

Map of Australia

xxii

(2)

Map of Australia's Vegetation

xxiv

Prologue: Dust to Dust

1

(14)

BOOK I: THE EUCALYPT

15

(56)

1. The Universal Australian

15

(11)

2. Unimaginable Freaks of Fire: Profile of a Pyrophyte

26

(16)

3. Red Centre: Fire Regimes of Old Australia

42

(15)

4. Land of Contrarities

57

(14)

BOOK II: THE ABORIGINE

71

(82)

5. Flaming Front

71

(14)

6. Firestick Farmer: Profile of a Pyrophile

85

(20)

7. Fires of the Dreaming

105

(16)

8. Smokes by Day, Fires by Night: Fire Regimes of Aboriginal Australia

121

(15)

9. This Wonderful Depository of Fire

136

(17)

BOOK III: THE EUROPEAN

153

(168)

10. Entwining Fire

153

(30)

11. Reconnaissance by Fire: Education of a Pyrophile

183

(16)

12. Red Steers and Green Pick

199

(28)

13. Beyond the Black Stump

227

(20)

14. Fire Conservancy

247

(28)

15. Burning Off: Fire Provinces of European Australia

275

(26)

16. When the Billy Boiled

301

(20)

BOOK IV: THE NEW AUSTRALIAN

321

(89)

17. The Two Fires

321

(17)

18. Antipodean Fire: The Australian Strategy

338

(26)

19. Wild Bush, Urban Bush: Fire Regimes of New Australia

364

(24)

20. Dieback

388

(22)

Epilogue: Ashes to Ashes

410

(13)

Notes

423

(70)

Bibliographic Essay

493

(6)

Index

499

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Burning Bush : A Fire History of Australia

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