Big Timber Country by Mary Calder

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Faint mark on right foredge. Dust jacket wear to corners and edges and is now in protective cover. Interior and binding are still very good.

Big Timber Country presents the history of the timber industry in southwest Australia.

At the beginning of the 20th Century, Western Australian timbers were used worldwide as paving blocks, railway sleepers, shipbuilding, and jetty construction. It took many decades before the government recognised the need to control timber cutting.

Mary Calder also discusses the people involved in the industry, including the fallers, pit-sawers, mill owners, and their families.