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Australia
(Insight guides)
APA Publications, 2002
4th ed., updated
- : pbk
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Includes index
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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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