Geoff Bartholomew

Jeff Johnson, self-confessed ‘bushie’ of no fixed abode, decided almost on a whim to walk across Australia, south to north to raise funds for charity. [click to continue…]

Blunders, stuff-ups and misjudgements are a part of any country’s history. [click to continue…]

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Landscape of Farewell

A profound and moving story about the land, the past, exile and acceptance, this deeply intelligent and thoughtful novel is a worthy successor to Miller’s much-loved and critically admired Journey to the Stone Country. [click to continue…]

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The Still-Burning Bush

The Still-Burning Bush traces the environmental and social significance of the use of fire to shape the environment through Australian history, beginning with Aboriginal usage, and the subsequent passing of the firestick to rural colonists and then to foresters.