{"product_id":"9781922633842","title":"What the Trees See","description":"Author: Dave Witty\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922633842\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Monash University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Shortlisted, Mark \u0026amp; Evette Moran Nib Literary Award 2024**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning meditation on the remarkable insights that Australia's trees can offer into our past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trees around us  some we may walk past every day  tell a story. The mallee box by the twelfth hole of North Adelaide Golf Course evokes a time when Adelaide was clothed in mallee scrub and desert senna. Brisbane's remnant blue gum, growing by the botanic gardens, indicates a time when the city was once jungle. The river red gums of Melbourne bear the scars of Aboriginal craftmanship. Mangroves, Leichhardt trees, acacias, eucalypts, foxtails...together, they inspire a narrative that jumps from Burke and Wills to sugar slaves, Empress Josephine to Johnny Flinders. Eucalypts reveal lost cultures and lost children. Cabbage palms tell of incomparable migrations. In the spirit of Bob Gilbert's \u003ci\u003eGhost Trees\u003c\/i\u003e and Don Watson's \u003ci\u003eThe Bush\u003c\/i\u003e, this book explores how our trees hold our history and reveal it to us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845900550302,"sku":"ADS-9781922633842","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922633842.jpg?v=1781224229","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922633842","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}