The Physical Configuration of the Australian Continent (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Ernest Favenc

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330182286 ISBN 13 : 9781330182284

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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It may sound paradoxical to say so, but forty or fifty years a ro, the average Australian knew more about the then settled portions of his continent than he docs at present, when so much more is settled and the facilities for interchange of conimunica.ti on are enonnously greater. Rut men travelled then, and the nature of their surroundings was such, that they were compelled to notice and remember the couaitrv through which they passed, or in which they resided. They travel now, travel much more in fact, but it is from city to city, from town to town, from one populous centre to another, whirled along without any necessity to closely inspect the country they are pa.ssing over. And a further paradox ;many men travel less than before, although the mtans of transit are now so varied and abujndant ;. but then the rambling, roving spirit is dying out with the growth of genera.tions. Men now become rooted in their homes, the country districts in which they have grown up, and the towns they have watched irise, and helped to develop. To counteract this, the wide teaching of Australian topography, the simple knowledge of the surface and contour of our continent, is at last within our grasp, thanks to the sprnad of settlement and survey. Our knowledge is still lacking much in detail, bvit, taking the continent right through, we are now for the first time in possession of saifficient facts to build up a base for a future edifice. This is due to the vork of the different survey departments all over A ustralia, and the extension of their fields of operations. In thisi, the suivey departmeal of Western Australia has done yeomans sei vice.
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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330182286
• ISBN 13: 9781330182284
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 58
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