Research Catalog

Title

Kakadu : natural and cultural heritage and management / edited by Tony Press ... [et al.].

Publication

Darwin : Australian Nature Conservation Agency ; Casuarina, Australia : North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Press, A. J. (Anthony James)
• Australian Nature Conservation Agency
• Australian National University. North Australia Research Unit.

Description

xviii, 318 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

Heritage and management issues of Kakadu National Park; chapters on physical environment; flora; fauna; social history since colonisation; Aboriginal heritage (including art sites, sacred sites, seasons and traditional resources); reconciling competing interests (including management issues, land rights, mining, conservation); fire management and management considerations.

Subject

• Natural history > Kakadu National Park (N.T.)
• Aboriginal Australians > Kakadu National Park (N.T.)
• National parks and reserves > Northern Territory > Management
• Kakadu National Park (N.T.)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Kakadu National Park: reconciling competing interests / Tony Press & David Lawrence -- Aboriginal heritage / Sally Brockwell, Robert Levitas, Jeremy Russell-Smith & Peter Forrest -- Social history since colonisation / Robert Levitas -- The physical environment / Jeremy Russell-Smith, Stewart Needham & John Brock -- Flora / Jeremy Russell-Smith -- Fauna / Tony Press, John Brock & Alan Andersen -- Fire management / Jeremy Russell-Smith -- Management considerations / Peter Wellings.

ISBN

0731521714

LCCN

^^^96152109^

OCLC

• 34540460
• SCSB-10627170

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library