A Forester's Log: the story of John La Gerche and the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest 1882-1897

by Angela Taylor

A forest story, told from a forester's viewpoint - the view of John La Gerche, one of the first generations of foresters in Victoria, who managed the Ballarat-Creswick State Forest in the late-19th century. It provides an insight into a bailiff-forester's burdens in the 1880s and 1890s.

248 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1998