List of works - Lesley Head

A Fine-Grained Study of the Experience of Drought, Risk and Climate Change Among Australian Wheat Farming Households

article

A conceptual model of ecological connectivity in the Shellharbour Local Government Area, New South Wales, Australia

article

A meta-ethnography to synthesise household cultural research for climate change response

scholarly article by Lesley Head et al published 21 March 2016 in Local Environment

Archaeobotany of fruit seed processing in a monsoon savanna environment: evidence from the Keep River region, Northern Territory, Australia

article

Australasia

Becoming differently modern

Changing cultures of water in eastern Australian backyard gardens

article

Climate change and Australia

article

Climate change and household dynamics: beyond consumption, unbounding sustainability

article

Conceptualising the human in cultural landscapes and resilience thinking

Conversations with Lesley Head about Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene: Reconceptualising Human-Nature Relations

article published in 2018

Country and garden

scholarly article by Lesley Head published in June 2002

Cultural Landscapes

article published in 2012

Cultural ecology: adaptation - retrofitting a concept?

Cultural ecology: emerging human-plant geographies

scientific article published on 28 August 2008

Cultural ecology: the problematic human and the terms of engagement

Culture, nature and landscape in the Australian region

article

Decentring 1788: Beyond Biotic Nativeness

Diversifying Ethnicity in Australia's Population and Environment Debates

article

Do cows belong in nature? The cultural basis of agriculture in Sweden and Australia

article

Edges of Connection: reconceptualising the human role in urban biogeography

scholarly article by Lesley Head & Pat Muir published March 2006 in Australian Geographer

Entangled invasive lives: indigenous invasive plant management in northern australia

article

Environmental values, knowledge and behaviour

Eradicating Bodies in Invasive Plant Management

article

From Incremental Change to Radical Disjuncture: Rethinking Everyday Household Sustainability Practices as Survival Skills

Geographical Fire Research in Australia: Review and Prospects

article

Gifts, sustainable consumption and giving up green anxieties at Christmas

article by Carol Farbotko & Lesley Head published December 2013 in Geoforum

Governing invasive plants: Policy and practice in managing the Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus) – Bushfire nexus in northern Australia

article

Holocene palaeoecology of the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia, based on stick-nest rat (Leporillus spp.) middens: a preliminary overview

article

Holocene variability in semi-arid vegetation: new evidence from Leporillus middens from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia

article

Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene

Introduction: Applied Natures—cultural engagements with Australian environmental management

article

Irrigator relations with water in the Sunraysia region, northwestern Victoria

article by Lesley Head et al published 27 December 2017 in Geographical Research

Is the concept of human impacts past its use-by date?

article by Lesley Head published May 2008 in The Holocene

Keeping the heart a long way from the brain: The emotional labour of climate scientists

Living with Invasive Plants in the Anthropocene: The Importance of Understanding Practice and Experience

article

Local engagements with urban bushland: Moving beyond bounded practice for urban biodiversity management

Looking beyond installation: Why households struggle to make the most of solar hot water systems

scientific article

Plant exploitation on Sahul: From colonisation to the emergence of regional specialisation during the Holocene

article

Postcards and Frontier Mythologies: Sustaining Views of the Kimberley as Timeless

Prehistoric aboriginal impacts on Australian vegetation: an assessment of the evidence

article

Re-thinking climate change adaptation and capacities at the household scale

scholarly article by Stephanie Toole et al published 4 December 2015 in Climatic Change

Recognising knowledge transfers in ‘unskilled’ and ‘low-skilled’ international migration: Insights from Pacific Island seasonal workers in rural Australia

article

Retrofitting the Suburban Garden: morphologies and some elements of sustainability potential of two Australian residential suburbs compared

article

Scaling up qualitative research to harness the capacity of lay people in invasive plant management

scientific article published in 2022

Shifting settler-colonial discourses of environmentalism: Representations of indigeneity and migration in Australian conservation

article

Suburban life and the boundaries of nature: resilience and rupture in Australian backyard gardens

article

Sustainable Household Capability: which households are doing the work of environmental sustainability?

The Anthropoceneans

The Holocene Prehistory of a coastal wetland system: Discovery Bay, Southeastern Australia

article

The Northern Myth Revisited? Aborigines, environment and agriculture in the Ord River Irrigation Scheme, Stages One and Two

The boundaries of nature tourism

scholarly article by Gordon Waitt et al published July 2003 in Annals of Tourism Research

The distinctive capacities of plants: re-thinking difference via invasive species

article

The gendered dimensions of bushfire in changing rural landscapes in Australia

article

Transformative change requires resisting a new normal

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Vegetal politics: belonging, practices and places

scientific article published on 5 November 2014

Walking practice and suburban nature-talk

article published in 2009

Wheat as food, wheat as industrial substance; comparative geographies of transformation and mobility

article

Who does the work in sustainable households? A time and gender analysis in New South Wales, Australia

article

Wild articulations: environmentalism and indigeneity in Northern Australia

article

Women in Australian prehistory

article

Zones of friction, zones of traction: the connected household in climate change and sustainability policy

scholarly article by Lesley Head et al published December 2013 in Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

“Winga Is Trying to Get in”: Local Observations of Climate Change in the Tiwi Islands

scientific article published in 2023

List of works by Lesley Head

A Fine-Grained Study of the Experience of Drought, Risk and Climate Change Among Australian Wheat Farming Households

A conceptual model of ecological connectivity in the Shellharbour Local Government Area, New South Wales, Australia

A meta-ethnography to synthesise household cultural research for climate change response

Archaeobotany of fruit seed processing in a monsoon savanna environment: evidence from the Keep River region, Northern Territory, Australia

Australasia

Becoming differently modern

Changing cultures of water in eastern Australian backyard gardens

Climate change and Australia

Climate change and household dynamics: beyond consumption, unbounding sustainability

Conceptualising the human in cultural landscapes and resilience thinking

Conversations with Lesley Head about Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene: Reconceptualising Human-Nature Relations

Country and garden

Cultural Landscapes

Cultural ecology: adaptation - retrofitting a concept?

Cultural ecology: emerging human-plant geographies

Cultural ecology: the problematic human and the terms of engagement

Culture, nature and landscape in the Australian region

Decentring 1788: Beyond Biotic Nativeness

Diversifying Ethnicity in Australia's Population and Environment Debates

Do cows belong in nature? The cultural basis of agriculture in Sweden and Australia

Edges of Connection: reconceptualising the human role in urban biogeography

Entangled invasive lives: indigenous invasive plant management in northern australia

Environmental values, knowledge and behaviour

Eradicating Bodies in Invasive Plant Management

From Incremental Change to Radical Disjuncture: Rethinking Everyday Household Sustainability Practices as Survival Skills

Geographical Fire Research in Australia: Review and Prospects

Gifts, sustainable consumption and giving up green anxieties at Christmas

Governing invasive plants: Policy and practice in managing the Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus) – Bushfire nexus in northern Australia

Holocene palaeoecology of the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia, based on stick-nest rat (Leporillus spp.) middens: a preliminary overview

Holocene variability in semi-arid vegetation: new evidence from Leporillus middens from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene

Introduction: Applied Natures—cultural engagements with Australian environmental management

Irrigator relations with water in the Sunraysia region, northwestern Victoria

Is the concept of human impacts past its use-by date?

Keeping the heart a long way from the brain: The emotional labour of climate scientists

Living with Invasive Plants in the Anthropocene: The Importance of Understanding Practice and Experience

Local engagements with urban bushland: Moving beyond bounded practice for urban biodiversity management

Looking beyond installation: Why households struggle to make the most of solar hot water systems

Plant exploitation on Sahul: From colonisation to the emergence of regional specialisation during the Holocene

Postcards and Frontier Mythologies: Sustaining Views of the Kimberley as Timeless

Prehistoric aboriginal impacts on Australian vegetation: an assessment of the evidence

Re-thinking climate change adaptation and capacities at the household scale

Recognising knowledge transfers in ‘unskilled’ and ‘low-skilled’ international migration: Insights from Pacific Island seasonal workers in rural Australia

Retrofitting the Suburban Garden: morphologies and some elements of sustainability potential of two Australian residential suburbs compared

Scaling up qualitative research to harness the capacity of lay people in invasive plant management

Shifting settler-colonial discourses of environmentalism: Representations of indigeneity and migration in Australian conservation

Suburban life and the boundaries of nature: resilience and rupture in Australian backyard gardens

Sustainable Household Capability: which households are doing the work of environmental sustainability?

The Anthropoceneans

The Holocene Prehistory of a coastal wetland system: Discovery Bay, Southeastern Australia

The Northern Myth Revisited? Aborigines, environment and agriculture in the Ord River Irrigation Scheme, Stages One and Two

The boundaries of nature tourism

The distinctive capacities of plants: re-thinking difference via invasive species

The gendered dimensions of bushfire in changing rural landscapes in Australia

Transformative change requires resisting a new normal

Vegetal politics: belonging, practices and places

Walking practice and suburban nature-talk

Wheat as food, wheat as industrial substance; comparative geographies of transformation and mobility

Who does the work in sustainable households? A time and gender analysis in New South Wales, Australia

Wild articulations: environmentalism and indigeneity in Northern Australia

Women in Australian prehistory

Zones of friction, zones of traction: the connected household in climate change and sustainability policy

“Winga Is Trying to Get in”: Local Observations of Climate Change in the Tiwi Islands