| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-206) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Historical geology -- Australia.
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Historical geology. |
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Australia. |
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Cultural property -- Australia.
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Cultural property. |
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Landscapes -- Australia.
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Landscapes. |
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Callabonna, Lake, Region (S. Aust.)
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Halletts Cove (S.A.)
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Willandra Lakes Region (N.S.W.)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
CSIRO (Australia)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Douglas, Kirsty. Pictures of time beneath. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, ©2010 9780643097049 (OCoLC)495140164 |
| ISBN |
9780643100251 (electronic book) |
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0643100253 (electronic book) |
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1283156350 |
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9781283156356 |
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9780643097049 |
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064309704X |
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