Australian Alps : Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks / Deirdre Slattery.
Australian Alps : Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks / Deirdre Slattery.
Australian Alps : Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks / Deirdre Slattery.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Clayton, Vic : CSIRO Publishing, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2015/4022
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 302 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1 Australia?s Alps: the Brindabellas, the Snowy Mountains and Victoria?s High Country -- 2 Alpine weather and climate -- 3 The shape of the Alps: geology, landform and soil -- 4 Alpine vegetation: what grows where? -- 5 Alpine animals -- 6 Aboriginal life in the Alps -- 7 Settlement and land use in...
Publication information
Publisher
Clayton, Vic : CSIRO Publishing, [2015]
Edition
Second edition.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
[2015]
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks introduces the reader to Australia's highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. It traces the long-running conflicts between successive users of the mountains and explores the difficulties in managing the land for nature con...
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Full title
Australian Alps : Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks / Deirdre Slattery.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Originally published: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available via the World Wide Web.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2015.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2015/4022
Record Identifier
74VKR43GdPdM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR43GdPdM
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781486301713
DDC
919.44
MMS ID
991023260159702626
