Corporate Body
Australian Forest History Society (1988 - )
- From
- 1988
Kingston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Functions
- Citizen science, Forest history, Forestry and Naturalists' society
Summary
The Australian Forest History Society was founded in 1988 to promote historical understanding of human interactions with Australia's forests. Members come from a wide variety of disciplines, backgrounds and walks of life across Australia and New Zealand. The aims of the Society include: to engage with as many academic disciplines as possible, including forest and Aboriginal heritage, and forest industry history; to conduct and encourage research and studies of, and disseminate information on, Australian forest history; and promote the retention and safe custody of source materials for forest history research. It was at the conference Australia's ever changing forests, held in Canberra May 1988, that the Society was formed. Conferences are held by the Society every 3-4 years, the proceedings usually carrying the same title. Newsletters, published three times per year, include news of Society affairs, information on forest history, and obituaries of people involved in the Society.
Details
Conferences held by the Society:
1992 Creswick, Victoria;
1996 Jervis Bay, New South Wales
1999 Gympie, Queensland;
2002 Hobart, Tasmania;
2004 Augusta, Western Australia;
2007 Christchurch, New Zealand;
2010 Lismore, New South Wales
2015 Mount Gambier, South Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Conference Proceedings
- A forest consciousness: 6th national conference of the Australian Forest History Society edited by Calver, Michael [and others] (Rotterdam, Netherlands: Millpress, 2005), 740 pp. Details
- Australia's Ever-changing Forests VII: Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society Inc. edited by Feary, Sue and Robinson, Rob (Canberra: Australian Forest History Society, 2016), https://www.foresthistory.org.au/conference-2015/. Details
Edited Books
- Stubbs, Brett J., Lennon, Jane, Specht, Alison and Taylor, John eds, Australia's Ever-changing Forests VI: Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Australian Forest History (Canberra: Australian Forest History Society, 2012), 374 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Stubbs, Brett, 'Celebrating 20 years of the Society - a time for reflection', Australian Forest History Society newsletter, 50 (2008), 2. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 19 August 2025