Australia’s World Heritage Sites by Vincent Serventy

Australia’s World Heritage Sites

The Great Barrier Reef
Kakadu National Park
Western Tasmania Wilderness National Parks
Wilandra Lakes Region
The Lord Howe Island Group

by Vincent Serventy

The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1986, [First Edition], ISBN 0333401417, colour and black and white photographs throughout, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners gift inscription on half title page, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping, chipping and small tears, a little discolouration (see photographs)

“In this century, the work of conservationists has enabled more and more of us to appreciate the natural wonders of the world.
The finest of these wild places have been placed on the Unesco-sponsered World Heritage List.
Australia has five such natural wonders.  When the World Heritage List was first mooted, there was no question that some must automatically be on the list.  The Great Barrier Reef – the greatest structure I the world – was one, being one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
Since 1975, four other places have been added to Australia’s natural ‘crown jewels’; Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory’s wildlife wonderland; the Western Tasmania Wilderness National Parks, incorporating the controversial Franklin and Gordon Rivers; the Willandra Lakes Region, including the archaeologically significant Lake Mungo; and the most beautiful island on earth, Lord Howe Island, 700 kilometers north-east of Sydney in the South Pacific Ocean.”