Based on the author's ABC radio documentary in the 'Hindsight' series, winner of the best history documentary, New York international radio. This social history presents the story of life on the woodlines in the eastern goldfields of Western Australia from 1899 to 1965. Quotes extensively from people living in the area at the time who were involved in some way with supplying wood to the goldfields. The author is a producer with the ABC's Social History Unit, His other publications include 'Cyclone Tracy' and 'Reading Labels on Jam Tins'.