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• Short-listed for QueensLand Premier's Literary Awards 2011 (Australia)

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Eucalypts are a familiar part of our landscape and an integral part of the Australian identity. This book celebrates their diversity, beauty and the role they play in our history, culture and economy. Through historic and contemporary images, it examines the many ways in which they have served Aboriginal, colonial and contemporary Australians.

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JOHN WRIGLEY AM, BSc, has developed his knowledge of the Australian flora over more than 40 years. He was Curator of the Australian National Botanic Gardens and has been involved with many horticultural organisations, including the Australian Plants Society. In 1983 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to the cultivation and study of Australian flora. MURRAY FAGG manages the Botanical Information Unit of the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra and sits on the executive of the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research and the Australian National Herbarium. He has an extensive private photograph collection and is a major contributor to the Australian Plant Image Index on the web. He has collaborated with John Wrigley over the last thirty years to produce a range of botanical and horticultural books, including Australian Native Plants, which has sold over 200,000 copies through five editions.

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