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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
International Bestseller: The famed travel writer and author of In Patagonia traverses Australia, exploring Aboriginal culture and song-and humanity's origins. Long ago, the creators wandered Australia and sang the landscape into being, naming every rock, tree, and watering hole in the great desert. Those songs were passed down to the Aboriginals, and for centuries they have served not only as a shared heritage but as a living map. Sing the right...
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Begin your trip "down under" in Sydney, with its famous Harbor Bridge and Opera House. Join in the raucous nightlife of King's Cross, then head to the Blue Mountains, home of the spectacular Wentworth Falls. Visit the national capital of Canberra, and the far-western urban oasis of Perth. Go to the Outback, where monolithic Ayers Rock is painted blood-red in the heart of Aborigine country. See the coral formations and sea life of the Great Barrier...
Series
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
Touring Australia brings home some of the world's greatest natural wonders, and most dynamic cosmopolitan cities. You'll visit Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth and Adelaide. Touring New Zealand is like a dream come true, visiting more than 100 sites on the North and South Islands.
15) Alice Springs
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Solitary Australian painter Phillipa Freeman, the child of a violent and broken marriage, uses money inherited from a grandmother to find her father in the Outback. She learns the truth about her family and finds love with a man.
17) Walangee
Series
Publisher
Distributed by TravelVideoStore.com
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This adventure travelogue begins in dense rainforests outside Cairns in the north of Queensland, one of Australia's most popular tourist destinations, then travels far from the tourist trail to encounter Chief Walangee whose marine hunting practices preserve centuries-old skills. This journey into Australia's natural past has confirmed that it is one of the world's most untouched land masses, where ancient traditions continue to serve daily needs
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2014, ©1980
Language
English
Description
When Robyn Davidson first set out to make her journey across the deserts of Australia, alone but for her dog and four camels, she was called a lunatic, a would-be suicide, and a shameless publicity seeker. But this high-spirited, engrossing book reveals that she is something more: a genuine traveler driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity.
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