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This issue of Studies in WA History Journal covers environmental history in Western Australia before 1980.
- Introduction
- Articles
- Reviews
Introduction
Environmental History in Western Australia before 1980
Geoffrey Bolton
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Articles
- Islands as Arks: Nature Protection and the Preservation Ethic, 1898–1918
Joseph Christensen - Wildflower Season: The Development of Native Flora Protection Legislation in Western Australia, 1911–1975
Lise Summers - ‘Denizens of the Bush’ (1923–1937): James Pollard and Popular Nature Study
Tony Hughes-d’Aeth - Longing or Belonging? Finding Home on the Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia, 1895–1907
Jane Davis - A Thirsty City: An Environmental History of Water Supply and Demand in 1970s Perth, Western Australia
Ruth Morgan - The Challenge of Creating a Scientifically-Robust Historical Description of Changing Finfish Populations in the Ningaloo Marine Park
Brooke Fowles and Andrea Gaynor - A Missing History: Towards a River History of the Swan
Sue Graham-Taylor - Remembering Mounts Bay: The Narrows Scheme and the Internationalisation of Perth Planning
Jenny Gregory - The Radicalisation of Forest Protest in Western Australia
Ron Chapman - Shaping Perth’s Suburban Landscapes: Post–1970s Suburban Planning and Development
Sarah McQuade
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- Simon Adams, The Unforgiving Rope: Murder and Hanging on Australia’s Western Frontier
Dean Wilson - Geoffrey Bolton, Land of Vision and Mirage: Western Australia since 1826
Beverley Kingston - John Dargavel, The Zealous Conservator: a Life of Charles Lane Poole
Michael Bosworth - Raelene Frances, Selling Sex: A Hidden History of Prostitution
Zoe Anderson - John Glover and Jenny Bevan, The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer Geologists of Western Australia 1826–1926
Kirsty Douglas - Jan Gothard, Greater Expectations: Living with Down Syndrome in the 21st Century
David Wright - Jenny Gregory and Jan Gothard (eds), The Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia
Paul Arthur - Anna Haebich, Murdering Stepmothers: The Execution of Martha Rendell
Catherine Cole - Penelope Hetherington, Paupers, Poor Relief and Poor Houses in Western Australia 1829-1910
Celia Chesney - Lekkie Hopkins and Lynn Roarty, Among the Chosen: The Life Story of Pat Giles
Janet L. Doust - John Host with Chris Owen, “It’s Still In My Heart, This Is My Country”: The Single Noongar Claim History
Bob Reece - David Hough, Boans for Service: The Story of a Department Store 1895-1986
D.T. Merrett - Jacqueline O’Brien and Pamela Statham, On We Go the Wittenoom Way: The Legacy of a Colonial Chaplain
Greg Melleuish - Wes Olson, Gallipoli: The Western Australian Story
Cathie Clement - Tiffany Shellam, Shaking Hands on the Fringe: Negotiating the Aboriginal World at King George’s Sound
Henry Reynolds - Stefano Skurla, The Stefano Castaways, John Melville-Jones (ed.), Amedeo Sala (trans.)
Joseph Christensen - Ken Spillman, Fifty and Counting: Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital’s First Half Century
Yolande Collins - Joyce Westrip and Peggy Holroyde, Colonial Cousins: A Surprising History of Connections Between India and Australia
Margaret Allen
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