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050			_aGR 153 .N213a 2005
245		0	_aNational geographic traveler : _bAustralia / _cRoff Martin Smith.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bNational Geographic, _cc2005
300			_a399 p. : _bill. _c22 cm.
500			_aContents: History & culture, Sydney, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Travelwise.
520			_aThis wonderful book evokes all of Australia's many moods and dramatic vistas in engaging text by Roff Smith and stunning images by renowned photographer Sam Abell. Text and pictures explore the colorful history and distinctive cultures that make the land down under so irresistible and unforgettable. At once a young and vibrant nation of immigrants and a place inhabited for 60,000 years by Aboriginal tribes whose haunting art and ancient traditions are among the oldest on Earth, Australia boasts the world's biggest cattle ranch, some of its richest mineral deposits, and a wild, wondrous landscape of lush rain forest and forbidding desert, snowy mountains and tropical oceans bejeweled with the colorful corals of the Great Barrier Reef. Australia is truly a world unto itself.
650			_aVoyages and travel _2sears _944178
700			_aSmith, Roff Martin. _995861
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