The Memory of Trees with Viki Cramer

Most Australians see their world through eucalypts. From towering forests to straggly woodlands, in city parks, by the coast and in the bush, these are the trees that inhabit our familiar landscapes and national psyche. Yet the resilience of our eucalypt ecosystems is being tested by logging and land clearing, disease and drought, fire and climate change. In many places they are a faded remnant of those known by past generations. How important is the memory of these trees? What we remember of them, and what they remember of how to survive in a changing landscape?

Join Viki Cramer on a journey through the jarrah, marri and karri forests of the hinterland to the wandoo, salmon gum and gimlet woodlands of the wheatbelt and beyond. Despite the decisions of the past and the ambivalent policy of the present, Viki finds glimpses of hope for the future of our glorious eucalypts and the many ways that, together, we can ensure their future.

About the Author

Viki Cramer is a writer and ecologist whose work seeks to understand how both the human and more-than-human world can flourish in the landscapes we share. In 2021 Viki was awarded a Dahl Fellowship from Eucalypt Australia. Her first book, The Memory of Trees: The future of eucalypts and our home among them, was published by Thames & Hudson Australia in 2023 and shortlisted for Book of the Year in the WA Premier’s Book Awards 2024.