Country
Subtitle: a continent, a scientist and a kangaroo
By: Tim Flannery
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780141026947
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Ecology; Description and travel; Travel
Notes: Originally published: Melbourne, Vic.: Text, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: T Map; title: t Introduction : Vanished country; title: g 1. A t failed circumnavigation; title: g 2. t Captain Cook's kangaroo; title: g 3. t Quokkas, Euros and stinkers; title: g 4. The t last of the frontier; title: g 5. t Of nailtails and nailed tyres; title: g 6. t Kangaroo essence; title: g 7. t Dead-end in the Inland Sea; title: g 8. The t mystery of hopping; title: g 9. The t brightest place on Earth; title: g 10. The t oldest kangaroo; title: g 11. t Skeletons in the dead centre; title: g 12. t Where the great roos came from; title: g 13. The t age of kangaroos; title: g 14. t Advancing with feet or stomach?; title: g 15. t Grass for the kangaroos; title: g 16. t Not formed for such work; title: g 17. t Land of giants; title: g 18. t Is the answer 46?; title: g 19. t World conquest; title: g 20. A t dingo-driven revolution; title: g 21. The t age of mammals in Australia; title: g 22. The t Groote Eylandt; title: g 23. The t true experts; title: g 24. t Symbols of the New Land; title: g 25. t Oolacunta!; title: g 26. t Re-making country; title: t Postscript; title: t Family tree; title: t Acknowledgments; title: t General bibliography; title: t Index.