Essays Shino Konishi ‘Inhabited by a race of formidable giants’: French Explorers, Aborigines, and the Endurance of the Fantastic in the Great South Land, 1803 Kevin Murray Keys to the South Stephen Muecke Cultural Studies’ Networking Strategies in the South Raewyn Connell Extracts from Southern Theory: The global dynamics of knowledge in social science Margaret Jolly The South in Southern Theory: Antipodean Reflections on the Pacific Reviews Reviewed by David Carter The Book is Dead (Long Live the Book), by Sherman Young Reviewed by Paul Gillen The Ways of the Bushwalker: On Foot in Australia, by Melissa Harper Reviewed by Anne Maxwell Speaking Truth to Power: Public Intellectuals Rethink New Zealand, edited by Laurence Simmons, and Edward Said: The Legacy of a Public Intellectual, edited by Ned Curthoys and Debjani Ganguly Reviewed by Emily Potter Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica, by Tom Griffiths Eco-Humanities Corner Emily Potter and Paul Starr Australia and the New Geographies of Climate Change Val Plumwood Shadow Places and the Politics of Dwelling Val Plumwood (1939-2008) in memoriam
Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Australia features gorgeous full-color photos of the Outback vistas, curious wildlife, and white-sand beaches that await you. Our authors have lived in and written about Australia for years, so they're able to provide valuable insights and advice. They'll steer you away from the touristy and the inauthentic and show you the real heart of the land Down Under. Let them take you to exciting cities, Aboriginal homesteads, Barossa Valley vineyards, and natural wonders, from the Wet Tropics Rainforest to Uluru (Ayers Rock)to the Great Barrier Reef. You'll travel Australia like a pro with our candid advice and in-depth history of the culture. Also included are accurate regional and town maps, up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, a free color fold-out map, and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!
This book, addressed primarily to students and researchers in semantics, cognitive linguistics, English, and Australian languages, is a comparative study of the polysemy patterns displayed by percussion/impact ('hitting') verbs in English and Warlpiri (Pama-Nyungan, Central Australia).
What is the largest continent? Who built the Taj Mahal? What city is holy to three major religions? Where is the Great Barrier Reef? In Views of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, you’ll discover answers to these questions and many more. Through pictures, articles, and fun facts, you’ll learn about the people, traditions, landscapes, and history that make up many of the countries and cities of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The initial impetus for this volume arose from a belief that there were many important issues concerned with Aboriginal Australia which were not known to a wide enough audience. Over the last twenty years a tremendous amount of work has been carried out on the languages of Aboriginal Australia.
