Australia's Great Western Deserts

Australia's Great Western Deserts by Simon Nevill


ISBN
9781925868548
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
200
Dimensions
274 x 274mm

One of the most comprehensive publications ever written on Australia’s Western Deserts, this beautiful large format hardback book not only contains many stunning photographs but also covers a great breadth of information about this wonderful region. Each of the six deserts (Great Sandy, Little Sandy, Tanami, Gibson, Great Victoria and the Central Ranges) are discussed in terms of their geographic features, desert communities and some of the many tracks that traverse them. There follows: a section discussing the diverse wildlife and plant life of the Western Deserts, detailing and illustrating many of the species to found there; a section regarding the indigenous peoples that reside in or adjacent to each of the six deserts; and finally a section on the first ten major European explorers who travelled through the Western Deserts. The explorers section starts with Augustus Gregory who in 1855 entered the Tanami and ventured down Sturt Creek all the way to the vast Lake Gregory, and finishes with the little known but amazingly intrepid Frank Hann who covered more country than almost any previous explorer. It also includes Colonel Egerton-Warburton, Ernest Giles, William Christie Gosse, John and Alexander Forrest, the Hon. David Carnegie, David Lindsay, Lawrence Wells and Samuel Grau Hubbe. Various notes are taken from the explorers’ journals to highlight the thoughts and the hardships they endured and accompanying each explorer is a sketch map indicating the general route they took. The final section focuses on one of the longest and most demanding 4WD tracks in the country, the Canning Stock Route, and includes many photographs of some of the prominent features along the track.
39.99



Enter your Postcode or Suburb to view availability and delivery times.

Other Titles by Simon Nevill


You might also like

Our Country
39.99
16.00
60% Off
New Zealand
29.99
14.99
50% Off
Australias Big Things Map
12.99
12.99
_% Off
China
29.99
14.99
50% Off
Lonely Planet You Only Live Once
39.99
39.99
_% Off
India
29.99
14.99
50% Off
Toscana
29.99
14.99
50% Off
Iceland
29.99
14.99
50% Off
Australia in Colour
14.95
11.95
20% Off
Iceland The Land Of Fire And Ice
49.99
19.99
60% Off
Australia
29.99
14.99
50% Off
A Portrait Of Australia
59.95
25.00
58% Off
New South Wales In Photos
19.99
9.99
50% Off
Darwin In Photos
19.99
9.99
50% Off
New Zealand
34.99
16.99
51% Off
Dream Trips of the World
60.00
49.99
17% Off
Canada
29.99
14.99
50% Off
The Australian Outback
19.99
19.99
_% Off

RRP refers to the Recommended Retail Price as set out by the original publisher at time of release.
The RRP set by overseas publishers may vary to those set by local publishers due to exchange rates and shipping costs.
Due to our competitive pricing, we may have not sold all products at their original RRP.