Danielle Clode: 2 books

Fire has shaped the Australian landscape and the lives of Australians for thousands of years—and will continue to do so as the climate changes. For all our advances in prevention and prediction, planning and communication, bushfires keep claiming our lives and our homes. How can we avoid another...

While British soldiers and settlers colonised Australia, French scientists continued to explore its coastlines and study its strange flora and fauna.  Lapérouse and Labillardière, Baudin and Bougainville and others left their own, lighter marks on the country in the name of human knowledge. This...