Country : a continent, a scientist & a kangaroo / Tim Flannery
- Bib ID:
- 3509740
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Text Pub., 2005
- 258 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1920885765
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Introduction: Vanished Country 1
- 1 A Failed Circumnavigation 7
- 2 Captain Cook's Kangaroo 15
- 3 Quokkas, Euros and Stinkers 27
- 4 The Last of the Frontier 38
- 5 Of Nailtails and Nailed Tyres 48
- 6 Kangaroo Essence 56
- 7 Dead-end in the Inland Sea 70
- 8 The Mystery of Hopping 79
- 9 The Brightest Place on Earth 90
- 10 The Oldest Kangaroo 100
- 11 Skeletons in the Dead Centre 107
- 12 Where the Great Roos Came from 115
- 13 The Age of Kangaroos 124
- 14 Advancing with Feet or Stomach? 130
- 15 Grass for the Kangaroos 136
- 16 Not Formed for Such Work 143
- 17 Land of Giants 151
- 18 Is the Answer 46? 167
- 19 World Conquest 181
- 20 A Dingo-driven Revolution 188
- 21 The Age of Mammals in Australia 194
- 22 The Groote Eylandt 208
- 23 The True Experts 216
- 24 Symbols of the New Land 227
- 25 Oolacunta! 234
- 26 Re-making Country 241
- Postscript 249.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- First published: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-255) and index.
- Subject:
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- Flannery, Tim F. (Timothy Fridtjof), 1956-
- Kangaroos -- Evolution
- Macropodidae -- Australia
- Extinct mammals -- Australia
- Extinction (Biology) -- Australia
- Natural history -- Australia
- Human ecology -- Australia
- Australia -- Description and travel
- Native animals
- Kangaroos
- Evolution
- Remote areas
- Aboriginal culture
- Social customs
- Description and travel
- Also Titled:
- Country : a continent, a scientist and a kangaroo
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2005
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