Norman Houghton interviewed by Gregg Borschmann in the People's forest oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1438149
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Houghton, Norm, 1948-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 1993
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 204 min.)
- Series:
- People's forest oral history project.
- Summary:
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Houghton, a forest historian, speaks of returning to Colac (southern Victoria) in 1972, where he grew up as a child; graduating in history from Monash University; his interest in railways and forests, particularly Victoria's Otway Ranges, being nurtured from an early age; how his interest in documenting why a railway had spurred him on to take the job of forest historian; writing a number of successful local history books with the common thread of forests and railways.
Houghton speaks of how he documented and mapped more than 300 sawmills & 160 kilometres of timber tramlines built in the area since the 1850s of which none are operating today; to verify the documentary & oral evidence he spent every Sunday for 4 years in the bush; his conclusions, based on his field work experience, that there had been no real appreciation of the heritage value of forests by bulldozer drivers and current foresters, much of the archaeological remains of our non-Aboriginal forest culture had been destroyed; that the current generation of forest managers at the district level had very little knowledge of the prior history of their resource. He felt it would be crucial for them to gain the relevant knowledge and experience from the older generation of foresters when making policy decisions.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Jan. 2, 1994 in Geelong, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and corrected transcript available.
- Subject:
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- Houghton, Norm, 1948- -- Interviews
- Historians -- Victoria -- Colac Region
- Narrow gauge railroads -- Victoria -- Colac Region -- History
- Forest conservation -- Victoria -- Colac Region -- Citizen participation
- Deforestation -- Control -- Victoria -- Colac Region
- Forest ecology -- Victoria -- Colac Region
- Railroad stations -- Victoria -- Colac Region -- History
- Occupation:
- Historians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Borschmann, Gregg (Gregg John), 1955-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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- Creation date:
- 1993
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