Extract from Hansard [Assembly - Thursday 17 September 2009]
Grievance Mr Tony Simpson our local MLA : Mr Terry Redman Minister for Forestry
"...My grievance is about the FPC coming back into the Mundlimup coupe, which is less than a kilometre from the edge of Jarrahdale... "
This is the first of our Forest Threats ... Jarrahdale Forest Protectors is a group formed to save our jarrah. Jarrahdale is less than an hour from Perth. The fiorest of the 21st century will be valued most signficantly for their natural beauty, biodiversity, cultural and spritual benefits.
As Perth grows the benefits of our forest will become far more important than the meagre economic value that FPC put on our unique jarrah..... help us to save it.
19 September 2009
Jarrah, never to be seen again...
"Such a sight will never be seen again..."
From a speech by Ron Chapman, 18 June 2009:
Before we discuss the impending threats to our local forests, I would like to present a brief overview of Jarrahdale's forest heritage and why it is so important to us. I will begin with two quotations. Jesse Hammond, who worked as a 16-year-old at Jarrahdale in the early days of the timber trade, recognised the beauty of the forest:
'I will never forget the Jarrah forest at Jarrahdale. I think it was one of the most wonderful natural sights I saw before the Wanliss Timber Company put their mill there and cut it all out. Such a sight will never be seen again in Western Australia.'[1]
In The Mills of Jarrahdale, published in 1972, V.G. Fall also gave his impressions of Jarrahdale's forests:
'Even at the present day, when it has been cut over for a hundred years, the forest at Jarrahdale is an impressive sight. A hundred years ago, before it had ever heard the sound of an axe or saw, it must have been magnificent. The great Jarrah trees rose a hundred or a hundred and fifty feet to the sky…"
The history of Jarrahdale's timber industry began in the early 1870s with a period of intense activity.
Save our Jarrah
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From our perspective there are hundreds of reasons to Save the Jarrah.
And we're sure there are hundreds of people who feel this way too. Maybe thousands.
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