Deserts & savannahs in Australia / Rachel Dixon ; editor: Jane Hinchey.
Deserts & savannahs in Australia / Rachel Dixon ; editor: Jane Hinchey.
Deserts & savannahs in Australia / Rachel Dixon ; editor: Jane Hinchey.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Redback Publishing, 2018.
Call Numbers
HQ 2019/0444
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
32 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Deserts and Savannahs -- Deserts Around the World -- Australian Aboriginal People of the Deserts and Savannahs -- Early Settlers in the Deserts and Savannahs -- Water in Australia's Deserts -- Deserts and the Australian Economy -- Cattle Industry -- Australian Deserts and Environmental Sustainabilit...
Publication information
Publisher
Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Redback Publishing, 2018.
Series
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2018.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The immense desert areas of Australia used to be called its 'dead heart'. Today we realise that deserts and savannahs have complex ecosystems, with plants and animals that have adaptations enabling them to survive there and not in any other location. Deserts are now iconic symbols of Australia and are no longer dismissed as useless, empty wasteland...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Deserts & savannahs in Australia / Rachel Dixon ; editor: Jane Hinchey.
Parallel title
Deserts and savannahs in Australia
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Australian landscapes
Includes glossary and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2018.
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Call Numbers
HQ 2019/0444
Record Identifier
74VKVy4KPjwy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVy4KPjwy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1925630897
9781925630893
DDC
577.54
MMS ID
991024235418002626
