The Northern Territory in Colour by John Ross

The Northern Territory in Colour

by John Ross

Lansdowne Press, 1971, ISBN 701802847, full page colour photographs throughout, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners inscription marked out with blue marker on front endpaper, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing to edges and corners, small chips and tears (see photographs)

“The vast Northern Territory of Australia is one of the most fascinating and exciting areas of the continent.
The variety of its landscapes is remarkable: in the south, great arid wastelands; in the north, steamy tropical vegetation teeming with wildlife.
Thousands of tourists each year flock to see its unique landforms: Ayers Rock, a massive solitary outcrop more than 1,000 feet high rising abruptly from the desert plain; The Olgas, mysterious dome-like peaks unlike anything else on the continent; The Devil’s Marbles, gigantic boulders strewn over several square miles like a giant’s playthings.
The Northern Territory is a land where areas are measured in thousands of square miles, and where the population of a large suburb is scattered over more than one sixth of the surface of Australia.
This book is a remarkable pictorial presentation of a strangely beautiful region, unchanged for thousands of years and still resisting the inevitable onslaught of modern civilisation.”