Locals campaigning to protect forest legacy of Australian poet CJ Dennis
By Bel Tromp
abc.net.au
Wednesday, 31/08/2011
Born in South Australia, he spent the last 30 years of his life in Toolangi forest, north-east of Melbourne.
But that forest is being logged, prompting a community battle to save it.
Campaigners say Dennis's former property and the surrounding forest deserve the same recognition as writer May Gibbs' Sydney home, "Nutcote", which was saved from demolition in the late 1980s.
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In this report : Stephen Whiteside, poet, and founder member of the CJ Dennis Society; Steven Meacher, Toolangi resident, member of the Australian Greens.