Description |
x, 398 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 31 cm |
Contents |
"A splendid lot of fellows" / D.J. Mulvaney -- The social and intellectual context of the 1890s / T. Griffiths -- The Horn Expedition's place among nineteenth century inland expeditions / P. Jones -- Through Larapinta Land / B. Hill -- John Alexander Watt / D.F. Branagan -- Prehistory and human ecology in central Australia / M.A. Smith -- Central Australian aboriginal stone knives / R. Graham and P. Thorley -- The dynamic century before the Horn Expedition / R.G. Kimber |
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Behind the botany of the Horn Expedition / L. Gillbank and S. Maroske -- Knowledge of relict plants in central Australia / P.K. Latz -- The contribution of the Horn Expedition to our knowledge of terrestrial invertebrates in central Australia / A.L. Yen -- The interrelationship of hydrogeology and landform in central Australia / G. Jacobson -- The plant communities of central Australia / G. Griffin and M. Friedel -- Aquatic ecosystems in central Australia / J.A. Davis -- The uncertain climate and its effects on biota / A.E. Newsome, N. Nicholls and T.J. Hobbs -- Mammals of the MacDonnell Ranges area / D.F. Gibson and J.R. Cole -- Dalhousie Springs / D.H. Noack -- A history of vertebrate fauna observations in central Australia / J.A. Kerle and M.R. Fleming -- Biogeographic patterns in inland Australia / M. Stafford Smith, J. West and K. Thiele -- Central Australia / S.R. Morton and B.D. Foran |
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Rationing the inexplicable / T. Rowse -- The role of aboriginal ecological knowledge in the Horn Expedition and contemporary ecological research / L. Baker and B.J. Nesbitt -- An aboriginal perspective / G. Briscoe -- More than mere facts / H. Morphy -- Tate's palaeontological observations with reference to the geological work of the Horn Expedition / P.F. Murray -- The contributions of the Horn Expedition and cave deposits to knowledge of the original mammal fauna of central Australia / A. Baynes and K.A. Johnson -- Baldwin Spencer's post-Horn Expedition collectors in central Australia / J.H. Calaby |
Summary |
Edited volume exploring topics related to the centenary of the Horn Expedition,Central Australia; papers by Kimber, Morphy, Briscoe, Jones, Baker, Rowse, Graham, Smith, Hill and Mulvaney annotated separately |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
SUBJECT |
Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia (1894)
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Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia
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Subject |
Natural history -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Natural history -- Australia.
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Scientific expeditions -- Australia -- History.
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Scientific expeditions -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Scientific expeditions -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
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Central Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035352 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Author |
Morton, S. R.
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Mulvaney, D. J. (Derek John), 1925-2016.
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LC no. |
97165096 |
ISBN |
0949324671 |
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