CONTENTS
Foreword Graeme Gunn
Acknowledgments
Author’s note
Map of Victoria and Far Western District
1 Lanark’s story
2 A bold experiment
3 In the beginning
4 A 1715-acre triangle
5 Slow but reliable
6 A race against Hector Hogan
7 Trees across the Tasman
8 Cicely
9 A faded squattocracy
10 Lanark as it was
11 Trees and more trees
12 No spare time for footy
13 Room for wildlife, too
14 No need for chemicals
15 A wetland restored
16 The return of the birds
17 Farm forestry
18 More thoughts on farm forestry
19 ‘You’re off your bloody rocker’
20 A taste of fame
21 A corporate venture
22 Hard times
23 Is Lanark a model for farmers?
24 Stewardship: the key to the future
25 How many trees are enough?
26 Alley farming
27 The amazing value of shelter
28 Trees look good, too
29 Going it alone
30 Sixty-five wild acres
31 Blue gums
32 Natives versus deciduous
33 The art of planting farm trees
34 The mighty river red gum
35 Life after Lanark
Appendix 1 Botanical names
Appendix 2 Review of Lanark M.G. Cook
Appendix 3 Reflections on irrigation for sheep and wool production in the 1960s on the Basalt Plains Jim Murphy
Appendix 4 Lanark bird list (1956–96) Murray Gunn