Pulling brigalow scrub with chain and hiball, and rotary slasher in brigalow suckers, 1964. From R.W. Johnson, 'The ecology and control of Brigalow', 1964, Plate 24 and 60

In Burning off, Dorothea MacKellar, author of My country, celebrates the destruction of native bushland as a ‘great and old’ tree becomes ‘A red-hot column whence fly the sparks,

Clearing scrub, Babinda, c1925. From Queensland illustrated 70 exquisite views, c1925. Collection of John Young

Collection of John Young

Scrub clearing by burning, Malanda, 1918. From Tablelands of North Queensland, Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Trees are found in most Queensland landscapes.

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