Cosmopolitan conservationists : greening modern Sydney /

Cosmopolitan conservationists : greening modern Sydney /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	James, Margaret (Violinist)
Imprint:	North Melbourne, Vic : Australian Scholarly Pub., 2013.
Description:	x, 291 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Conservationists -- Australia -- Biography. Naturalists -- Australia -- Biography. Conservationists. Naturalists. Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Environmental aspects. Australia. New South Wales -- Sydney. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9345946

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Varying Form of Title:	Cosmopolitan conservationists.
ISBN:	9781925003086 (pbk) 1925003086 (pbk)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Cosmopolitan Conservationists tells the stories of the intertwined lives and writings of conservationists in early 20th century Sydney. Their network included David Stead, Walter Burley Griffin, Charles Bean, Thistle Harris, Norman Weekes, Marie Byles, Myles Dunphy and Annie Wyatt, and each individual created some meaning in their life through their relationship with the environment. As conservationists they helped to shape the urban landscape they shared and many places of beauty in Sydney." --Back cover.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. An Exotic Garden City?
2. David Stead and the Wonder of Wildlife
3. Walter Burley Griffin Creates a Spirited Community
4. Charles Bean Makes a Play for Health
5. Thistle Harris Cultivates the Flower Child
6. Norman Weekes Plans a Garden Region of the People
7. Maria Byles Makes a Place for Other Lives and Souls
8. Myles Dunphy Finds His Freedom in the Parks
9. Annie Wyatt Secures the Inheritance
10. Epilogue: Beauty in the Weed Garden?
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index.