| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
pt. 1. 'Like a precious cameo': Hallett Cove, geological heritage and the glaciological imagination -- pt. 2. Dirt, bones and the Diprotodons of Lake Callabonna: discovering the lost worlds of vertebrate palaeontology -- pt. 3. Lake Mungo, human antiquity and the watered mind: reading the scripture of the landscape |
| Summary |
Glaciers in Adelaide, cow-sized wombats, monster kangaroos, desert dunespunctuated with freshwater mussels, oases, inland seas: this diverse group ofdeep-time imaginings is the subject of Pictures of Time Beneath, an analysis of theways in which landscapes and landforms are interpreted to realise certain visions ofthe land, the nation and the past |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-206) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Historical geology -- Australia
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Cultural property -- Australia
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Landscapes -- Australia
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
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Cultural property
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Historical geology
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Landscapes
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Callabonna, Lake, Region (S.A.)
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Halletts Cove (S.A.)
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Willandra Lakes Region (N.S.W.)
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Australia
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New South Wales -- Willandra Lakes Region
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South Australia -- Halletts Cove
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
CSIRO (Australia)
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| LC no. |
2010551538 |
| ISBN |
9780643100251 |
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0643100253 |
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1283156350 |
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9781283156356 |
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9786613156358 |
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6613156353 |
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9780643101944 |
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0643101942 |
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