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Where is Here?

Where is Here? : 350 Years of Exploring Australia

Tim Flannery

Edited and introduced by Tim Flannery

A concise version for young adults of Flannery’s classic anthology, The Explorers, with a revised introduction.

The explorers of Australia were many and varied, beginning with Indigenous Australians. They often forged ahead for the Dutch, the French or the English explorers, looking for food, water and new territory.

Some explorers imagined a green land with a vast interior ocean. ‘The Great South Land’ was considered a place of monsters and miracles. Now that we are trying to imagine a sustainable future for our planet, these explorers tell us what the land was like and how the Indigenous Australians treated the environment.

In these exciting, heartbreaking diaries of the men and women who explored our country, young readers will get a sense of the freedom of travelling into the unknown. These amazing stories will inspire everyone to become passionate modern explorers, alive to our incredible environment.

Tim Flannery
About the Author

Tim Flannery is a scientist, an explorer, a conservationist and a leading writer on climate change. He has held various academic positions including visiting Professor in Evolutionary and Organismic Biology at Harvard University, Director of the South Australian Museum, Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum, Professorial Fellow...

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Extent:
352pp
Format:
Paperback
Text publication date:
3 September 2007
ISBN:
9781921145810
AU Price:
$16.95
Themes:
history, Australian explorers
Reading age:
12+
Australian
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andWhere is Here?

‘This is a fine and stimulating book which revisits the great exploration narratives of Australia and presents them in an interesting way.’

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    ISBN: 9781921776656
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