List of figures -- List of tables -- Land, water and air -- The paleogeography of Northern Australia and New Guinea and its relevance to the Torres Strait area / H.F. Doutch -- Aspects of geomorphology and soils in the Torres Strait regions / R.W. Galloway and E. Loffler -- Some attributes of Torres Strait by J.N. Jennings -- Aspects of late quaternary climate in tropical Australasia / P.J. Webster and N.A. Streten -- Climate as a dominat control in the biogeography of Northern Australia and New Guinea / H.A. Nix and J. D. Kalma -- Discussion on the physical environment around Torres Strait and its history / J.N. Jennings -- Plats -- An ecological comparison of vegetation communities on each side of Torres Strait by L. J. Webb and J.G. Tracey -- Plant distribution patterns across the Torres Strait / R.D. Hoogland -- Problems of the geography of the tropical eucalypts / S.G.M. Carr -- The significance of Torres Strait in the distribution of Australiasian Loranthaceae / B.A. Barlow -- Discussion on the plant geography around Torres Strait by N.M. Wace -- Animals -- The biogeography of insects of New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula by R.W. Taylor -- An anlysis of the lower vertebrate faunal relationships of Australia and New Guinea / M.J. Tyler -- The biogeography of the Australo-Papuan bird and mammal faunas in relation to Torres Strait / R. Schodde and J.R. Calaby -- Discussion on the zoogeography of Torres Strait / W.D.L. Ride -- People -- The Torres Strait Islanders / J.R. Beckett -- Cape York Aborigines and Islanders of the Western Torres Strait / D.R. Moore -- People -- The Torres Strait Islanders /J.R. Beckett -- Cape York Aboriginese and Islanders of the Western Torres Strait / D.R. Moore -- Torres Strait -- a linguistic barrier? / S.A. Wurm -- Torres Strait -- channel or barrier to human gene flow? / R.L. Kirk -- Land connections, sea barriers and the relationship of Australian and New Guinea Prehistory / J. Golson -- General -- Bridge and barrier / D. Walker -- Bibliography -- Participants in the Torres Strait Symposium 1971
Summary
Collection of papers presented at Torres Strait Symposium, Canb., 1971; Contents; 1) H.F. Doutch The paleogeography of northern Australia and New Guinea and its relevance to the Torres Strait area; 2) R.W. Galloway and E. Loffler - Aspects of geomorphology and soils in the Torres Strait region; 3) J.N. Jennings - Some attributes of Torres Strait; 4) P.J. Webster and N.A. Streten - Aspects of late quaternary climate in tropical Australasia; 5) H.A. Nix and J.D. Kalma - Climate as a dominant control in the biogeography of northern Australia and New Guinea; 6) J.N. Jennings - Discussion on the physical environment around Torres Strait and its history; 7) L.J. Webb and J.G. Tracey - An ecological comparison of vegetation communities on each side of Torres Strait; 8) R.D. Hoogland Plant distribution patterns across the Torres Strait; 9) S.G.M. Carr - Problems of the geography of the tropical eucalypts; 10) B.A. Barlow - The significance of Torres Strait in the distribution of Australasian loranthaceae; 14) R. Schodde and J.H. Calaby - The biogeography of the Australo-Papuan bird and mammal faunas in relation to Torres Strait; 15) W.D.L. Ride - Discussion on the zoogeography of Torres Strait; 16) J.R. Backett - The Torres Strait Islanders; 17) D.R. Moore - Cape York Aborigines and Islanders of the western Torres Strait; 19) R.L. Kirk - Torres Strait - channel or barrier to human gene flow; 20) J. Golson - Land connections, sea barriers and the relationship of Australian and New Guinea prehistory
Analysis
Natural history. Geographical factors. Torres Strait Islands. Conference proceedings
Torres Strait Islanders. Cultural processes. Geographical factors. Conference proceedings
"This volume contains 19 papers presented at the Torres Strait Symposium sponsored by the Research School of Pacific Studies of the Australian National University on the 6, 7 and 8 December 1971"--Pref
