Burning
Bush
A
Fire History of Australia
University of Washington
Press, 1998
Other
editions: Henry Holt, 1991 and 1992 [pb]; Allen & Unwin, 1992
Named
by New York Times Book Review to Notable Books of 1991
Prologue: Dust to Dust
Book I: The Eucalypt
1. The Universal Australian
2. Unimaginable Freaks of Fire: Profile of
a Pyrophyte
3. Red Centre: Fire Regimes of Old Australia
4. Land of Contrarities
Book II: The Aborigine
5. Flaming Front
6. Firestick Farmer: Profile of a Pyrophile
7. Fires of the Dreaming
8. Smokes by Day, Fires by Night: Fire Regimes
of Aboriginal Australia
9. This Wonderful Depository of Fire
Book III: The European
10. Entwining Fire
11. Reconnaissance by Fire: Education of a
Pyrophile
12. Red Steers and Green Pick
13. Beyond the Black Stump
14. Fire Conservancy
15. Burning Off: Fire Provinces of European
Australia
16. When the Billy Boiled
Book IV: The New Australian
17. The Two Fires
18. Antipodean Fire: The Australian Strategy
19. Wild Bush, Urban Bush: Fire Regimes of
New Australia
20. Dieback
Epilogue: Ashes to Ashes
Notes
Bibliographic Essay