William J. Lines

William J. Lines

"Born and educated in Western Australia, Bill Lines travelled the world, converted a Quaker chapel in Wales into a house and farm steaded in Vermont, USA, before he started writing about people and nature in Australia. He has published six books. A book on population and a history of the Wilderness Society are forthcoming in 2008."

Books

• William J. Lines, False Economy: Australia in the 20th Century (Fremantle Press, 1998).
• William J. Lines, An All Consuming Passion: Origins, Modernity, and the Australian Life of Georgiana Molloy (University of California Press, 1996).
• William J. Lines, A Long Walk in the Australian Bush (University of Georgia Press, 1998).
• William J. Lines, Taming the Great South Land: A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia (University of Georgia Press, 1999).
• William J. Lines, Open Air: Essays (New Holland Publishers, 2001).
• William J. Lines, Patriots: Defending Australia's Natural Heritage (University of Queensland Press, 2008).
• Mark O'Connor and William Lines, Overloading Australia: How Governments and Media Dither and Deny on Population (Envirobook Sydney, 2008).