PARADISE PRESERVED

For more than a century, the magnificent forests of Fraser Island provided the timber that helped shape Queensland and the lives of those who worked beneath its soaring satinays and blackbutts. Paradise Preserved reveals the little-known story of forestry on the world’s largest sand island – from Aboriginal timber workers and pioneering foresters to tramways, sawmills, and silviculture trials. Drawing on archives, lived experience, and eyewitness accounts, Robert Onfray dispels the myth that forestry destroyed Fraser Island, showing instead how wise stewardship nurtured its forests and secured their World Heritage legacy.