Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
Images Arranged by Subject Category
[Entries in this section are arranged by state and then broad geographical region.] Land Use
Land Use -- New South Wales
Land Use -- Queensland
Land Use -- Tasmania
Land Use -- Western Australia
Land Use -- New South Wales -- Central Coast
Extensive land slumping on steep slopes.
Upper Hastings Valley, west of Long Flat, New South Wales, January 1965.Extensive land slumping on steep slopes.
Upper Hastings Valley, west of Long Flat, New South Wales, January 1965.Extensive land slumping on steep slopes.
Upper Hastings Valley, west of Long Flat, New South Wales, January 1965.Medium to tall open forests with eucalypts on hills with cleared notophyll vine forest on steep slopes in foreground.
Upper Hastings Valley west of Long Flat, New South Wales, January 1965.Medium to tall open forests with eucalypts on hills with cleared notophyll vine forest on steep slopes in foreground.
Upper Hastings Valley west of Long Flat, New South Wales, January 1965.Solifluction after tree clearing.
Stroud-Cungog, inland from Newcastle, New South Wales, January 1965.Land Use -- New South Wales -- Eastern Dorrigo
Degraded pastures with Bracken fern (Pteridium esculentum) and tree regrowth.
Eastern Dorrigo, New South Wales, May 1964.Land Use -- New South Wales -- Eastern Highlands
Erosion gullies on steep slopes, regenerating Cypress Pine (Callitris) and Tussock Grass in background. .
Dungog-Salisbury, New South Wales, January 1965.Forests cleared and burnt for beef cattle grazing.
Dungog to Salisbury Road, Upper Hunter River Catchment, New South Wales, January 1965.Over-grazed upper catchment of the Hunter River.
Dungog to Salisbury road, New South Wales, January 1965.Soil erosion, surface soil creep is indicated by movement of old fence lines.
Upper Hastings Valley, New South Wales, January 1965.Striking differences in pasture quality between flats and steep slopes.
Comboyne Plateau, New South Wales, January 1965.Woody regrowth - eucalypts, acacia and Helichrysum diosmifolium with rank grass growth and bracken fern - a degraded landscape.
Ulong near Dorrigo, New South Wales, May 1964.Land Use -- New South Wales -- North East
Actively growing Eucalyptus grandis despite Kikuyu Grass competition.
Hyde's Creek near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, February.Clearing of Eucalyptus forests for cattle pasture.
Woolgoolga, New South Wales, December 1971.Deep ripping of alluvial soils for eucalyptus plantation establishment.
Near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, 1960s.Degraded pasture of Whisky Grass (Cymbopogon virginicus) and bracken.
Ulong to Brooklana road, Dorrigo, New South Wales, February 1964.Derelict dairy farm of cool and wet uplands, Dorrigo Plateau.
Brooklana, Eastern Dorrigo, New South Wales, May 1964.Derelict dairy farm of cool and wet uplands, Dorrigo Plateau.
Brooklana, Eastern Dorrigo, New South Wales, May 1964.Fenceline dividing productive and degraded pastures.
Ulong to Brookland road, Dorrigo, New South Wales, February 1964.Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) and rainforest regrowth in landscape cleared for cattle grazing several decades previously.
Burringbar Range near Mullumbimby, New South Wales, September 1959.Land slumping many years after original rainforest was cleared.
Mullumbimby area, New South Wales, 1960s.Massive soil slump in dairy pastures on slopes.
Just north of Bangalow, New South Wales, May 1964.Mixed farming with crops and grazing, N.S.W. North Coast.
Tyalgum road, Tweed River region, New South Wales, 1960s.Sand mining for rutile on Pottsville Road.
Pottsville, between Kingscliff and Brunswick Heads, New South Wales, 1960s.Weed invasion (Whisky Grass, Cymbopogon virginicus) in pasture, Eastern Dorrigo.
Ulong to Brooklana road, Dorrigo, New South Wales, February 1964.Land Use -- New South Wales -- Northern
"Stark white ringbarked forests".
Carrai area west of Kempsey, New South Wales, January 1965.Acacia melanoxylon and Acacia aulacocarpa regrowth from previous clearing with re-clearing for banana growing.
Burringbar Range between Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby, New South Wales, July 1963.Acacia melanoxylon and Acacia aulacocarpa regrowth from previous clearing with re-clearing for banana growing.
Burringbar Range between Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby, New South Wales, July 1963.Cattle grazing and burning on steep slopes, with a recent erosion gully.
Gloucester, New South Wales, 1960s.Erosion and soil slumping in banana plantation.
Near Mullumbimby, New South Wales, 1963.Erosion and soil slumping in banana plantation.
Near Mullumbimby, New South Wales, 1963.Land Use -- New South Wales -- Northern -- Eastern Highlands
Pasture renovation! using spike harrows and chains to clear weedy regrowth.
Near Dorrigo, New South Wales, May 1964.Land Use -- New South Wales -- Snowy Mountains
Dead trees and grazing on shallow granite leads to accelerated soil erosion.
Near Blue Cow area, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, March 1957.Rehabilitation experiments for soil erosion control; CSIRO ecologist Dr. Alec Costin in picture.
Near Blue Cow area, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, March 1957.Land Use -- New South Wales -- Southern Tablelands
Merino sheep on "improved" pasture.
Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, date uncertain.Land Use -- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula
"Stock horse" team for mustering cattle.
Silver Plains, Queensland, 1954.COMALCO cattle fattening venture on improved pastures.
Captain Billy Landing Rd., Capelands, east of Weipa, Queensland, July 1975.COMALCO public relations signboard on their cattle grazing lease, Capelands.
Capelands east of Weipa, Queensland, October 1975.Calotropis procera invading grassland on Wrotham Park Station.
Wrotham Park Station, Queensland, May 1970.Clearing (ca. 12000 acres) for agricultural development, e.g. peanuts, maize and sorghum.
Lakeland Downs between Cooktown and Laura, Queensland, November 1969.Clearing (ca. 12000 acres) for agricultural development, e.g. peanuts, maize and sorghum.
Lakeland Downs between Cooktown and Laura, Queensland, November 1969.Clearing (ca. 12000 acres) for agricultural development, e.g. peanuts, maize and sorghum.
Lakeland Downs between Cooktown and Laura, Queensland, November 1969.Impact of a hot burn early in the dry season in Eucalyptus grassy woodland.
Near Laura, Queensland, May 1970.Magnetic termite mounds in Melaleuca viridiflora low open forest.
Silver Plains Station, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, November 1969.Pasture management on Cape York cattle station, Mitchell River.
Between Dunbar and Highbury, Queensland, June 1970.Severe soil erosion on frontage country, Mitchell River.
Just south of Highberry Station, Queensland, May 1970.Station Homestead at Merluna Downs near Weipa.
Merluna Downs, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, October 1962.Stock horses and cattle.
Silver Plains, Queensland, 1954.Stock horses and cattle.
Silver Plains, Queensland, 1954.Land Use -- Queensland -- Central
Acacia farnesiana invading Astrebla sp. (Mitchell Grass) grasslands.
South of Barcaldine, Queensland, 1960s.Brigalow country cleared for mixed farming, e.g. wheat growing and sheep and cattle grazing.
North of Emerald, Queensland, November 1963.Brigalow country cleared for mixed farming, e.g. wheat growing and sheep and cattle grazing.
North of Emerald, Queensland, November 1963.Dairying on cleared rainforest landscape.
Broken River road, Eungella Range, Queensland, November 1963.Dairying on cleared rainforest landscape.
Broken River road, Eungella Range, Queensland, November 1963.Dairying on cleared rainforest landscape.
Broken River road, Eungella Range, Queensland, November 1963.Gully erosion following ringbarking, clearing, burning, grazing.
Forty kilometres south of Rolleston, Queensland, November 1963.Recent burn for pasture establishment in ash beds.
Rockhampton to Marlborough road, Queensland, January 1963.Recent burn for pasture establishment in ash beds.
Rockhampton to Marlborough road, Queensland, January 1963.Root suckers of Melaleuca viridiflora one year after clearing.
North of Proserpine, Queensland, May 1972.Soil erosion - a result of heavy grazing.
Approximately 60 km. south of Rolleston, Queensland, November 1963.Soil slumping at head of gully after rainforest clearing.
Broken River road, Eungella Range, Queensland, November 1963.Trees frilled and poisoned - see base of large eucalyptus tree.
Jinghi Valley, six miles north of Jandowae, Queensland, August 1969.Trees frilled and poisoned and burnt along road.
Jinghi Valley six miles north of Jandowae, Queensland, August 1969.Woody regrowth of Poplar Box.
41 miles south of Theodore, Queensland, October 1968.Zebu cattle breeds dominate tropical Australia's cattle industry.
South of Bowen, Queensland, December 1962.Land Use -- Queensland -- Central -- Eastern Highlands
Dairy farms on steep slopes with Wattle (Acacia melanoxylon) regrowth.
Eungella Range west of Mackay, Queensland, Dcemeber 1963.Land Use -- Queensland -- Central -- West
Sentimental value probably saved these Bottle Trees from the bulldozer.
Bauhinea Downs, Queensland, May 1968.Land Use -- Queensland -- Central Coast
Degraded landscape with soil creep stress features and Blady Grass patches.
Seven miles east of Gargett via Mirani on Mackay-Proserpine Rd, Queensland, November 1963.Typical Melaleuca regrowth after initial clearing for sugar cane farms.
A few kilometres north of Proserpine, Queensland, 1972.Land Use -- Queensland -- North West
Acacia and Spinifex on red lateritic gravel.
One hundred kilometres west of Normanton, Queensland, June 1970.Red lateritic topsoil exposed through drought, fire and grazing pressure.
Approximately 60 kilometres south of Lawn Hill on Camooweal road, Queensland, 1970.Severe soil erosion near O'Shannesy River.
O'Shannesy River, Queensland, June 1970.Woody weed (Atalaya hemiglauca) invasion after grazing.
Ten kilometres south of Lawn Hill, Queensland, June 1970.Land Use -- Queensland -- South
Brigalow country cleared for mixed farming, e.g. wheat growing and sheep and cattle grazing. Yellow daisy probably Senecio.
North of Tara, Queensland, September 1969.Brigalow country cleared for mixed farming, e.g. wheat growing and sheep and cattle grazing. Yellow daisy probably Senecio.
North of Tara, Queensland, September 1969.Land Use -- Queensland -- South East
Cleared rainforest landscape in wet subtropical uplands.
Beechmont Plateau south of Canungra, Queensland, October 1970.Cultivation showing soils on different parent rocks.
Marburg Range area, Queensland, November 1966.Dairy farming on slopes of Eastern Highlands.
Kin Kin, Cooroy Region, Queensland, June 1967.Dairying on upper catchment slopes.
Kin Kin, Cooroy Region, Queensland, June 1967.Degraded and unproductive landscape.
Wolvi to Tin Can Bay road, Queensland, May 1964.Degraded and unproductive landscape.
Wolvi-Tin Can Bay road, Queensland, May 1964.Degraded and unproductive landscape, upper Coomera River.
Coomera River Valley, Beechmont, Queensland, 1960s.Degraded dairy farm pastures.
Springbrook, Queensland, 1960s.Degraded landscape with overgrazed pastures and weedy regrowth.
Near Beenleigh, Queensland, 1960s.Dry and overgrazed pastures and rock outcrops.
Marburg Range area, Queensland, November 1966.Fertile farmland on river flats threatened by overclearing catchment.
Mount Chinghee, south of Beaudesert, Queensland, 1950s.Gully erosion follows forest clearing.
North of Woodford, Queensland, June 1980.Homestead and run-down cattle yards.
Dalby to Bunya Mountains road, Queensland, June 1980.Land degradation through clearing rainforest on steep slopes.
Mt Chinghee south of Beaudesert, Queensland, 1950s.Land degradation through clearing rainforest on steep slopes.
Mt. Chinghee, south of Beaudesert, Queensland, 1950s.Land slumping in cleared forests on hills with much weed invasion. Fertile alluvial soils used for crops (e.g. maize) and pastures (e.g. paspalum).
Kin Kin near Gympie, Queensland, December 1954.Pawpaw - Papaya cropping. Note soil erosion gullying.
Ranges in Gympie Region, Queensland, December 1968.Pinus eliottii woodlot on steep slopes of dairy farm.
Eumundi to Cooroy road, Queensland, December 1965.Ringbarked forests for Hereford beef cattle grazing.
Dalby to Bunya Mountains road, Queensland, June 1965.Severe soil slumping of wee infested regrowth.
Kin Kin, southeast of Gympie, Queensland, December 1954.Square farming on round country.
Springbrook, Queensland, 1960s.Stony grey/brown soils from calcareous sandstone and basalt.
Marburg Range area, Queensland, November 1966.Timber tombstones and wild tobacco (Solanum marutianum).
Tamborine Mountain, Queensland, 1950s.Typical dairy farm along creek valleys of Eastern Highlands.
Highvale, Queensland, November 1970.Typical of early clearing by ringbarking trees for cattle grazing.
Near Biggenden, Queensland, 1960s.Typical small dairy farm, Southeast Queensland.
Highvale, Queensland, November 1970.Land Use -- Queensland -- South East -- Maroochy Area
Weed infested foothills, Bracken Fern (Pteridium), Blady Grass (Imperata) and Groundsel Bush (Baccharis). Sugar cane cultivation on alluvial soils.
Maroochy River area near Nambour, Queensland, June 1963.Land Use -- Queensland -- South East -- Tamborine Mt.
Subtropical rainforest originally cleared and burnt to establish dairy farms.
Tamborine Mountain, south of Brisbane, Queensland, 1950s.Land Use -- Queensland -- South West
Close-up of sandstone ridge cleared and burnt for cattle grazing.
Near Kogan, Queensland, July 1969.Gully erosion may be severe in Box woodlands.
South of Kogan, Queensland, August 1969.Gully erosion may be severe in Box woodlands.
South of Kogan, Queensland, August 1969.Gully erosion may be severe in Box woodlands.
South of Kogan, Queensland, August 1969.Laterised sandstone outcrop and weedy regrowth in landscape cleared for grazing. Geoff Tracey, CSIRO ecologist, with look of exasperation.
Near Kogan, west of Darling Downs, Queensland, July 1969.Laterised sandstone outcrop and weedy regrowth in landscape cleared for grazing. Geoff Tracey, CSIRO ecologist, with look of exasperation.
Near Kogan, west of Darling Downs, Queensland, July 1969.Laterised sandstone outcrop and weedy regrowth in landscape cleared for grazing. Geoff Tracey, CSIRO ecologist, with look of exasperation.
Near Kogan, west of Darling Downs, Queensland, July 1969.Laterised sandstone outcrop and weedy regrowth in landscape cleared for grazing. Geoff Tracey, CSIRO ecologist, with look of exasperation.
Near Kogan, west of Darling Downs, Queensland, July 1969.Laterised sandstone outcrop and weedy regrowth in landscape cleared for grazing. Geoff Tracey, CSIRO ecologist, with look of exasperation.
Near Kogan, west of Darling Downs, Queensland, July 1969.Laterised sandstone outcrop and weedy regrowth in landscape cleared for grazing. Geoff Tracey, CSIRO ecologist, with look of exasperation.
Near Kogan, west of Darling Downs, Queensland, July 1969.Recently cleared Eucalyptus woodland.
South of Warra, Queensland, 1969.Recently cleared Eucalyptus woodland.
South of Warra, Queensland, 1969.Recently cleared Eucalyptus woodland.
South of Warra, Queensland, 1969.Ringbarked and burnt Box woodlands for cattle and sheep grazing.
Near Kogan, Queensland, July 1969.Ringbarked and burnt Box woodlands for cattle and sheep grazing.
Near Kogan, Queensland, July 1969.Ringbarking and burning for pasture establishment.
Near Jandowae, Queensland, July 1969.Sand deposits with Cypress "Pines" between Ironbark ridges.
Near Jandowae, Queensland, 1969.Sand deposits with Cypress "Pines" between Ironbark ridges.
Near Jandowae, Queensland, 1969.Sheep grazing country, Myall Park.
Myall Park near Glenmorgan, Queensland, 1950s.Water in "gilgais" after rain.
Near Tara, Queensland, 1960s.Water in "gilgais" after rain.
Near Tara, Queensland, 1960s.Wind erosion from northeast winds on cultivation.
Kaimkillenbun north of the Darling Downs, Queensland, October 1970.Wind erosion from northeast winds on cultivation.
Kaimkillenbun north of the Darling Downs, Queensland, October 1970.Woody regrowth.
Near Kogan, west of Darling Downs, Queensland, July 1969.Woody regrowth.
Near Kogan, west of Darling Downs, Queensland, July 1969.Land Use -- Queensland, North -- Wet Tropics
Abandoned farming enterprise, Julatten.
Rex Highway, Julatten, Queensland, 1962.Aerial shot of Burdekin River plain.
Burdekin River Plain, Queensland, November 1956.Beef cattle grazing on Molasses Grass (Melinis minutiflorus) in dry season.
Upper Catchment, Johnstone River, Atherton to Ravenshoe Road, Queensland, December 1962.Beef cattle grazing recently re-cleared rainforest regrowth.
Near Yungaburra, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, December 1963.Blady Grass (Imperata cylindrica) flowering enhances patchwork patterns.
Tarzali, south of Malanda, Queensland, December 1963.Blady Grass (Imperata cylindrica) grasslands: a result of regular fires.
Freshwater Valley near Redlynch, Cairns, Queensland, November 1965.Burning trash left behind after mechanical harvesting of sugar cane.
South of Cairns, Queensland, July 1976.Cane cutter collecting plant cane.
Babinda, between Cairns and Innisfail, Queensland, August 1964.Cane cutter collecting plant cane.
Babinda, between Cairns and Innisfail, Queensland, August 1964.Cane cutters collecting plant cane.
Babinda, between Cairns and Innisfail, Queensland, August 1964.Cane cutters collecting plant cane.
Babinda, between Cairns and Innisfail, Queensland, August 1964.Cane farmer beside drain on his farm at Cucania.
Cucania near Babinda, Queensland, 1956.Cattle fattening on sown pastures three years after rainforest clearing.
Baileys Creek between Daintree and Cape Tribulation, Queensland, September 1962.Clear fall of rainforest drying out before burning and seeding with pasture grasses.
Upper Johnstone River near Mt Hypipamee National Park, Atherton to Ravenshoe Road, Queensland, November 1963.Clear fall of rainforest drying out before burning and seeding with pasture grasses.
Upper Johnstone River near Mt Hypipamee National Park, Atherton to Ravenshoe Road, Queensland, November 1963.Cleared and burnt rainforest for cattle grazing.
Maalan area, Queensland, December 1963.Clearing Australia's most rare and restricted rainforest type for beef cattle grazing.
Hutchinson Creek area, Daintree to Cape Tribulation Road, Queensland, November 1971.Clearing Australia's most rare and restricted rainforest type for beef cattle grazing.
Hutchinson Creek area, Daintree to Cape Tribulation Road, Queensland, November 1971.Clearing Australia's most rare and restricted rainforest type for beef cattle grazing.
Hutchinson Creek area, Daintree to Cape Tribulation Road, Queensland, November 1971.Clearing and burning of rainforest for cattle grazing.
El Arish to Bingil Bay road, north of Tully, Queensland, 1971?.Clearing for cattle pastures.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Clearing for cattle pastures.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Clearing for sugar cane farms and cattle grazing.
El Arish near Tully, Queensland, September 1972.Clearing for sugar cane farms and cattle grazing.
El Arish near Tully, Queensland, September 1972.Clearing is followed by burning, attempts at pasture establishment and beef catttle grazing.
Kuranda, west of Cairns, Queensland, 1963?.Clearing mesophyll vine forest for cattle pastures.
Echo Creek on King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Clearing of rare rainforest, fan palm type, for sugar cane.
El Arish, Mission Beach road east of Tully, Queensland, November 1965.Clearing of remaining fragments and regrowth rainforests.
Near Julatten, Queensland, October 1971.Clearing of remaining fragments and regrowth rainforests.
Near Julatten, Queensland, October 1971.Clearing rainforest for banana and sugar cane farms.
Clump Point near Mission Beach east of Tully, Queensland, July 1962.Clearing rainforest for sugar cane farms.
Happy Valley, west of Babinda, Queensland, May 1953.Clearing rainforest for sugar cane farms.
Happy Valley near the Boulders, west of Babinda, Queensland, May 1953.Clearing rainforest for sugar cane farms.
Happy Valley near the Boulders, west of Babinda, Queensland, May 1953.Clearing rainforest for sugar cane farms.
Happy Valley near the Boulders, west of Babinda, Queensland, May 1953.Clearing rainforest for sugar cane farms and cattle pastures.
El Arish to Bingil Bay road near Tully, Queensland, 1971.Clearing river and stream banks is widespread in North Queensland lowlands.
Geraldton Bridge, North Johnstone River, Innisfail, Queensland, October 1971.Clearing with ball and chain dragged between two bulldozers.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Clearing with ball and chain dragged between two bulldozers.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Clearing with ball and chain dragged between two bulldozers.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Dairy pastures overrun by Bracken Fern (Pteridium esculentum).
Evelyn Tableland, Queensland, December 1963.Damage to sugar cane by the rat Melomys littoralis.
Near Gordonvale, south of Cairns, Queensland, May 1970.Deep (greater than 2 metres) drains are built to convert Feather Palm (Archontophoenix alexandriae) forests to sugar cane farms.
East of Bellenden Ker township, Queensland, October 1971.Degraded grazing land with Lantana camara, Acacia melanoxylon and Pteridium esculentum.
Atherton to Ravenshoe Road, Queensland, December 1963.Degraded landscape on dairy farm at Rumula.
Rumula/Julatten, Queensland, December 1962.Degraded landscape with weed invaded pastures.
Evelyn Tableland between Atherton and Ravenshoe, Queensland, ca. 1962.Degraded pastures on dairy farm, with derelict farmhouse.
Near Tarzali, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, December 1963.Digging drains to develop sugar cane farms.
Fishery Creek at base of Mt Bellenden Ker, Queensland, August 1964.Eubenangee National Park with sugar growing in foreground and Mt. Bartle Frere in background.
Eubenangee National Park north of Innisfail, Queensland, November 1965.Eucalyptus pellita emergent over mesophyll vine forest with lawyer vines.
Echo Creek on King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Eucalyptus pellita emergent over mesophyll vine forest with lawyer vines.
Echo Creek on King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Eucalyptus pellita emergent over mesophyll vine forest with lawyer vines.
Echo Creek on King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Eucalyptus pellita emergent over mesophyll vine forest with lawyer vines.
Echo Creek on King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Eucalyptus pellita emergent over mesophyll vine forest with lawyer vines.
Echo Creek on King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Eucalyptus pellita emergent over mesophyll vine forest with lawyer vines.
Echo Creek on King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Eucalyptus pellita, Melaleuca viridiflora and Ischaemum grass.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Eucalyptus pellita, Melaleuca viridiflora and Ischaemum grass.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Fire applied as a pasture management option.
Atherton to Ravenshoe road, Queensland, 1958.Fires were used to aid cane harvests before harvesting by machines was known.
Near Cairns, Queensland, July 1976.Forested foothills were regularly burnt by sugar cane farmers.
Basilisk Range, Innisfail, Queensland, November 1971.Grazing is the common land use on seasonally flooded coastal plains.
East of Ingham, Queensland, 1960s.Heavily grazed dairy farm with resultant land degradation.
Near Tarzali between Malanda and Millaa Millaa, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, December 1963.Impacts of fresh water and sand deposition in mangroves.
Cucania north of Babinda, Queensland, November 1956.Imperata Grass and Hyptis weeds on potentially productive landscape.
Julatten, Queensland, December 1962.King Ranch development before clearing for cattle fattening.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.King Ranch staff pointing to extent of clearing for cattle pastures.
King Ranch, Tully River Valley, Queensland, November 1963.Lantana camara locks succession back to rainforests.
Danbulla-Tinaroo, Queensland, December 1962.Litter left by campers on adjacent beach dunes.
Cape Tribulation, Queensland, November 1971.Mechanical harvesting of sugar cane.
Near Innisfail, Queensland, November 1971.Mechanical harvesting of sugar cane.
Near Innisfail, Queensland, November 1971.Mechanized drain construction.
Fishery Creek, east of Fishery Falls near Babinda, Queensland, August 1964.Mega diverse rainforests of humid tropical lowlands cleared for cows.
North bank of Daintree River, Cape Tribulation road, Queensland, October 1971.Melomys littoralis - rat pest of sugar cane.
Near Gordonvale, south of Cairns, Queensland, May 1970.Melomys littoralis - rat pest of sugar cane.
Near Gordonvale, south of Cairns, Queensland, May 1970.Molasses Grass (Melinis minutiflorus) and Bracken Fern (Peridium esculentum) with planted Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii).
Maalan area, Queensland, December 1962.Nutrient stressed maize crop in foreground, weedy landscape as a backdrop.
Tarzali near Malanda, Queensland, December 1963.Overgrazed weed infested farm with derelict farm buildings.
Upper Barron River between Atherton and Ravenshoe, Queensland, December 1962.Para Grass (Brachiaria mutica) in foreground, sugar cane and fragments of rainforest in background.
Near Gordonvale, south of Cairns, Queensland, May 1970.Para Grass (Brachiaria mutica) in foreground, sugar cane and fragments of rainforest in background.
Near Gordonvale, south of Cairns, Queensland, May 1970.Rainforest clear felled for Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) plantation.
Platypus Rock, Tinaroo Dam, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, October 1971.Rainforest clear felled, then burnt and sown with pasture grasses.
Atherton to Ravenshoe road, Queensland, December 1963.Rainforest cleared and burnt for beef cattle grazing.
Evelyn Tableland between Atherton and Ravenshoe, Queensland, ca. 1962.Rainforest cleared and burnt for beef cattle grazing.
Between Atherton and Ravenshoe, Queensland, December 1963.Rainforest cleared and burnt for forestry plantations.
Danbulla, Queensland, November 1971.Rainforest cleared for beef cattle fattening.
El Arish to Mission Beach road, Queensland, May 1970.Rainforest cleared for beef cattle fattening.
El Arish to Mission Beach road, Queensland, December 1965.Rainforest cleared for beef cattle fattening.
El Arish to Mission Beach road, Queensland, September 1972.Rainforest cleared for beef cattle fattening.
El Arish to Mission Beach road, Queensland, May 1970.Rainforest felled and burnt for cattle, Upper Barron River.
Evelyn Tableland, Atherton to Ravenshoe road, Queensland, 1958.Rainforest felled and burnt for pasture for cattle, Upper Barron River.
Atherton to Ravenshoe road, Queensland, December 1963.Re-clearing and burning rainforest for cattle grazing.
Maalan Scrub between Millaa Millaa and Ravenshoe, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, ca. 1962.Remnant Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) with Acacia mangium and Acacia aulacocarpa and rainforest regrowth.
Foot of Alexandra Range, Daintree to Cape Tribulation Road, Queensland, October 1971.Ringbarked dead eucalyptus woodland.
Locality uncertain, Queensland, 1971.Run-down abandoned settlement.
Julatten, on Mossman to Mareeba Road, Queensland, December 1962.Rural depression.
Julatten, on Mossman to Mareeba Road, Queensland, December 1962.Severe erosion after surface mining for road gravel.
Davies Creek road, Tinaroo Range, Queensland, 1962.Skeletal soils on schists on Barron River metamorphics.
Daintree to Bloomfield road, Queensland, September 1972.Soil slumping and weed invasion after rainforest clearing and cattle grazing.
Julatten on Mossman to Mareeba road, Queensland, 1971.Soil slumping in cleared and burnt rainforest.
Evelyn Tableland between Atherton and Ravenshoe, Queensland, December 1963.Soil slumping in cleared and burnt rainforest.
Evelyn Tableland between Atherton and Ravenshoe, Queensland, December 1963.Soil slumps and weed invasion follow forest clearing on steep slopes.
Malanda to Millaa Millaa road, Queensland, December 1963.Solanum mauritianum (Wild Tobacco) regrowth in forest clearing.
Atherton to Ravenshoe road, Queensland, December 1963.Steep slopes cleared for beef cattle grazing.
Daintree River, Queensland, June 1969.Steep slopes of greater than 30 degrees cleared for cattle pastures.
Upper Daintree River, Queensland, June 1991.Sugar cane fires change forest to grassland on foothills.
Near Babinda, Queensland, November 1971.Sugar cane growing, fire degraded Imperata and Melinis grasslands and surviving patches of mesophyll vine forest.
Freshwater area, near Cairns, Queensland, September 1972.Typical dairy farm near Millaa Millaa.
Millaa Millaa, Queensland, December 1963.Typical erosion gully on solodic soils on northwest fall of Tinaroo Range.
East of Mareeba, Queensland, May 1962.Weed infested (mainly Lantana camara) landscape on rainforest land formerly cleared for dairy farming.
Boonjie, Southeast Atherton Tableland, Queensland, December 1965.Weed infested abandoned dairy farm.
Julatten on Mossman to Mareeba Road, Queensland, November 1971.Weed infested abandoned dairy farm.
Julatten on Mossman to Mareeba Road, Queensland, November 1971.Weed invasion (Lantana, Bracken Fern, Tobacco Bush) on Evelyn Tableland.
Evelyn Tableland, Atherton to Ravenshoe road, Queensland, 1958.Wild Tobacco (Solanum mauritianum) establishes dense stands in cleared and burnt rainforests on fertile soils.
Maalan Scrub between Millaa Millaa and Ravenshoe, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, December 1962.Woody regrowth (Alstonia muellerana) in Imperata/Melinis grassland.
Mt Lewis road, Julatten, Queensland, November 1969.Land Use -- Queensland, North West
Burnt and overgrazed Snappy Gum (Eucalyptus brevifolia) and Silver Box (Eucalyptus pruinosa).
South of Lawn Hill turnoff on Camooweal Road, Queensland, June 1970.Land Use -- Tasmania
"Acid rain" impacts on forests and soils.
Mt Lyell near Queenstown, Tasmania, 1957.Mining operations - environmental impact.
Mt Bischoff, near Waratah, Tasmania, 1957.Land Use -- Tasmania -- North West
Degraded landscape following destruction of forest cover.
Gormanston-Queenstown Rd. , Tasmania, February 1957.Land Use -- Western Australia -- South West
Pinus radiata plantation used as land rehabilitation strategy.
South West, Western Australia, Date uncertain.Pinus radiata plantation used as land rehabilitation strategy.
South West, Western Australia, Date uncertain.