Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read World Heritage Sites of Australia on EtoBox?

World Heritage Sites of Australia by Peter Valentine; Bob Brown is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is World Heritage Sites of Australia about?

Visitors to Australia marvel when they see the places recognised by the United Nations as World Heritage. From the ancient, pristine temperate rainforests in the south to the massive escarpments and tropical wetlands in the north, they are dazzling in their ecological complexity and the record they offer of life on this planet and the human experience in Australia. Peter Valentine presents Australia's World Heritage sites in a magnificent tribute to natural and cultural history. The outstanding qualities of each site are described and illustrated in exquisite detail, along with an account of how the site came to be on the World Heritage List. Rainforests that show the connections of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. Rock art that points to a history of human settlement reaching over 60,000 years into the past. Sandstone remnants of eighty years of convict labour and imprisonment. A marvel of twentieth-century architecture. This is Australia's world heritage. A testament to his decades of involvement in World Heritage, Valentine includes in each chapter a reflection on his observations, involvement with or connection to each site, from a conversation with the late Kakadu Elder Bi

Who reads World Heritage Sites of Australia?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Peter Valentine; Bob Brown
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9781922507587
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Architecture, History, Travel

Other editions & translations

More by Peter Valentine; Bob Brown

Browse all works by Peter Valentine; Bob Brown

Similar books