226 pages, 56 unnumbered pages of color plates : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents
Introduction / Peter Hastings -- Geography / Diana Howlett -- Plants, birds and animals / Ross Robbins -- A Short history / Robert Langdon -- The People and the culture / Anthony Forge -- A Thousand languages / Stephen Wurm -- Social change / C.D. Rowley -- Cargo cult and politics / Peter Lawrence -- The Economy / R. Kent Wildon -- Race relations / Oala Oala-Rarua -- Political development / Edward P. Wolfers -- Future indicative / Tokara -- Changing Australian attitudes / J.R. Kerr