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.
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978-981-234-799-2 (9789812347992)
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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.
