The Great Victoria Desert

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Reed Books
Publisher Place: Chatswood, Sydney
Publisher Year: 1995
Edition: First Edition

Description: 240 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This lavishly illustrated guide for visitors to Australias Great Victoria Desert provides information about the geology, climate, flora and fauna as well as discussing topics such as traditional Aboriginal life in the region, European exploration, missions, railways, atomic tests and rocket ranges. Gives information about current Aboriginal land tenure, conservation issues and travelling through the desert. Includes a bibliography, references and an index. Second in an intended series on Australia deserts. The author is the president of the Friends of the Great Victoria Desert Parks. His publications include The Simpson Desert: Natural history and human endeavour.

ISBN: 9780730104858