Australia
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Bibliographic Information
Australia
(Insight guides)
APA Publications, 2002
4th ed., updated
- : pbk
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This 406-page guide includes a section detailing Australia's history, 13 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture. Ranging from Aboriginal Dreamtime artworks to Bush tucker, it is a region-by-region visitor's guide to the whole country. It includes a comprehensive travel tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Its key features include: places - region-by-region gazetteer section, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; essay features - incisive essays on the islands' history, people and culture; photo features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the country's most exotic attractions, including Aboriginal Art and the Great Barrier Reef's ecology; travel tips - practical listings section, including accommodation, restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes, entertainment, nightlife, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers; and hundreds of full-colour photos and 19 maps.
Table of Contents
- Maps: Australia
- Sydney Centre
- Sydney Surroundings
- New South Wales
- Canberra
- Melbourne
- Victoria
- Adelaide
- South Australia
- Queensland
- Brisbane
- Great Barrier Reef
- Northern Territory
- Perth
- Western Australia
- Tasmania
- Hobart
- Inside front cover - Australia
- Inside back cover - Sydney City Centre. History: Down-Under
- Australia's Ancient Landscape
- Decisive Dates
- Years of Dreamtime
- Voyages of Discovery
- Gold Rushes and Bushrangers
- Federation and World Wars
- The Modern Era. Features: The Arts
- Where Sport is Supreme
- Modern Australian Cuisine
- Unique Flora and Fauna. Places: Introduction
- Sydney and Beyond
- New South Wales
- Canberra
- Melbourne
- Victoria
- South Australia
- Queensland
- The Great Barrier Reef
- Northern Territory
- Western Australia
- Tasmania. Information Panels: A Tourist in the Colony
- Green Australia
- Bush Tucker
- Harbour-hopping
- The Hunter Valley Wine
- Industry
- Two Pacific Gems
- Festival Frenzy
- Fraser Island
- The World's Oldest Rainforest
- Visiting the Reef
- An Aboriginal Guided Tour
- The Gulag Peninsula. Picture Stories: Aboriginal Art
- Australian Wine
- Australia's Wildlife
- Sydney Museums
- Melbourne's Architecture
- Ecology of the Reef. Travel Tips - Highlights: Getting Acquainted
- Planning the Trip
- Practical Tips
- Getting Around
- Where to Stay
- Sites
- New South Wales
- Capital Territory
- Victoria
- South Australia
- Queensland
- Northern Territory
- Western Australia
- Tasmania
- Further Reading.
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