John Büsst: Bohemian artist and saviour of reef and rainforest

Award-winning historian Iain McCalman reveals the little-known story of influential Australian conservationist, John Bu¨ sst. Known to his enemies as ‘The Bingal Bay Bastard’ , Bu¨ sst, a Bendigo-born Melbourne bohemian artist, transformed into a brilliant conservationist who, in the 1960s and early 70s, led campaigns to protect two of Australia’s most important and endangered environments. The first saved Australia’s endangered lowland rainforests and led to the subsequent UNESCO World Her...