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Rails to Rubicon
Authors: Peter Evans
Hardback with dust jacket - very good condition.
Rails to Rubicon: A History of the Rubicon Forest by Peter Evans is a detailed history of the timber industry, tramways, and forest communities of Victoria’s Rubicon Forest during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on the network of light railways and timber tramways that enabled the harvesting and transport of valuable mountain ash timber, Evans explores the engineering challenges, sawmilling operations, and everyday lives of the workers and families who lived in isolated forest settlements. The book also examines the broader history of the region, including Aboriginal use of the forest, pastoral activities, bushfires, forestry management, and the development of the historic Rubicon hydro-electric scheme. Richly illustrated with maps and photographs, it combines industrial archaeology, local history, and social history to provide a comprehensive account of one of Victoria’s most significant timber-producing regions. (books.google.com)
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