Australia Insight Guide
5th Edition
Published on 29. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
406 pages
978-981-234-799-2 (ISBN)
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.
More details
Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Publishing group
APA Publications
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
colour photographs, maps
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
841 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-234-799-2 (9789812347992)
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Joanna Potts | Alyse Dar | Brian Bell
Australia Insight Guide
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07/2007
5th Edition
APA Publications Pte Ltd
€41.07
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04/1999
4th Edition
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Content
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.