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Derwent Lees would have had no memories of the family weekender on Hobart’s Eastern Shore where he was born in 1884, or the wide estuary from which his parents took his name. But long after his lonely death in London, … Continue reading →

There has to be a novel in this somewhere. A writer awarded a large sum of money for a book which among many things touches on nature in crisis learns that that part of the prize is profit from fossil … Continue reading →

Friend, mentor, anchor, eco-warrior, a kind, compassionate, joyful, funny man… these are among words chosen by friends to describe University of Tasmania Distinguished Professor Jamie (James Barrie) Kirkpatrick, geographer and conservation ecologist. In his official biography on the university’s website, … Continue reading →