Peter Evans
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Peter Evans studied Applied Chemistry at RMIT before running away to the circus, spending the next forty years in the technical side of the theatrical arts.
He has been successively a lighting engineer, a sound engineer and a production manager.
At age 60 he decided on a change of career and spent a decade in the Steam Operations Department at Sovereign Hill.
He has written three books on environmental history. His fourth is ‘Sunbury: Australia’s Greatest Rock Festival’.
In retirement Peter publishes widely on forest, mining and industrial history, with his latest book (in press) a forest history of the Great Dividing Range between Healesville and Woods Point.
He has been successively a lighting engineer, a sound engineer and a production manager.
At age 60 he decided on a change of career and spent a decade in the Steam Operations Department at Sovereign Hill.
He has written three books on environmental history. His fourth is ‘Sunbury: Australia’s Greatest Rock Festival’.
In retirement Peter publishes widely on forest, mining and industrial history, with his latest book (in press) a forest history of the Great Dividing Range between Healesville and Woods Point.