Terania Creek: Rainforest Wars

Winner, Best Creative Non-Fiction, IP Picks National Writing Competition, 2006. The battle over logging the rainforests of Terania Creek in 1979 launched the Rainforest War in New South Wales, Australia. A generation later, Terania Creek looks at the impact of the conflict on the lives of people on both sides: the chainsaw operator, the bulldozer driver, the forester, the bush boss, the sawmiller, the wide range of professionals comprising the conservationists, as well as policemen and politicians. Terania Creek delivers more than mere historical report: through oral histories, juxtaposed memories, articles, photographs, transcripts and exhibits from the Terania Creek Inquiry, the book resurrects the spiritual connection each of these people shared with the rainforest.