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Trees as witnesses

The pursuit of ancient trees
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March 2024, no. 462

What the Trees See: A wander through millennia of natural history in Australia by Dave Witty

Monash University Publishing, $29.99 pb, 288 pp

Trees as witnesses

The pursuit of ancient trees
by
March 2024, no. 462

The photograph arrives while I am reading Dave Witty’s What the Trees See. A tree’s branch close-up, outer brown-red bark peeled back to smooth and brilliant green. A friend, spotting it on Quandamooka Country in Minjerribah, North Stradbroke Island, has been understandably stopped in her tracks. Framed intimately like this, its shape and textures suggest warm musculature: lean in, you will be held. This beautiful creature.

What the Trees See: A wander through millennia of natural history in Australia

What the Trees See: A wander through millennia of natural history in Australia

by Dave Witty

Monash University Publishing, $29.99 pb, 288 pp

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