Australian Geographic 1996

A comprehensive guide to Austrasia's central southland - the mysterious, mostly uninhabited country sprawling north of the Great Australian Bight. From the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia to the Western Australian goldfields, it reveals a stark landscape of natural beauty and wonder enriched by 20 000-plus years of human history. The Nullabor Plain - the world's largest semi-arid limestone landscape; the Bight's vast cliff line, pristine beaches and abundant wildlife; Dreamtime stories and the feats of European explorers like Edward Eyre; the modern era - tourism, mining, pastoralism and South Ocean fisheries...