An historical geography of tourism in Victoria Australia : case studies Biographical note: Ian D. Clark has a Doctorate in Aboriginal Historical Geography. He is a Professor of Tourism at Federation University Australia. Main description: This work is concerned with the emergence of tourism in colonial Victoria Australia and is part of ongoing research into understanding the ‘tourism era of discovery’. It deals with the processes of opening up new attractions and its focus is the embryonic or emergent phase in which natural attractions become the subject of tourist visitation. It is contextualized in the study of eight tourism sites that are the primary focus of this work.