Bold horizon : high-country place, people and story / Matthew Higgins
- Bib ID:
- 7463468
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Higgins, Matthew, 1957-, author
- Description:
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- Dural Delivery Centre, NSW : Rosenberg Publishing, 2018
- ©2018
- 176 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780648043904 (paperback)
- Summary:
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What is it really like in Australia's high country? Matthew Higgins traces the mountain experience in a rich variety of ways. Firstly he talks of his own times in the alps as a bushwalker, cross-country skier, historian, and oral-history interviewer. Then, he profiles a range of people who have worked, lived, or played in the mountains: stockmen, skiers, Indigenous parks officers, rangers, brumby runners, foresters, authors, tourism operators, and others. The central themes of place, people, and story are interwoven with concerns about environmental impact and climate change. An extensive collection of beautiful images helps to tell the magnificent mountain story, from Kosciuszko to Kiandra, Brindabella to Bimberi and Bogong, to Tidbinbilla and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Hiking -- New South Wales -- Snowy Mountains
- Trails -- New South Wales -- Snowy Mountains
- Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
- Biography: general
- Australian history
- Lifestyle, Hobbies & Leisure
- Sports & Active outdoor recreation
- Snowy Mountains Region (N.S.W.) -- History
- Snowy Mountains Region (N.S.W.) -- Description and travel
- Brindabella Range (A.C.T.) -- History
- Brindabella Range (A.C.T.) -- Description and travel
- Australian
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2018
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