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The Kimberley & Northern Australia   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
We feature a handpicked selection of travel guides, maps, literature, books on art, nature and culture, designed to help you get more out of your travels to The Kimberley and Northern Australia. Order an essential package, and we'll ship any additional I

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Lonely Planet Northern Territory  •  Susannah Farfor
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 308 PAGES
A practical guide in the popular series. (AUS150, $22.99)
  Lonely Planet Northern Territory
The Kimberley, Australia's Unique North-West  •  Jocelyn Burt
NATURAL HISTORY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES
An excellent, illustrated overview of the Kimberley and its landscapes, flora and fauna. With full-color photography and short accompanying essays by award-winning Australian photographer Jocelyn Burt. (AUS22, $20.95)
  The Kimberley, Australia's Unique North-West
Dreamkeepers, A Spirit-Journey into Aboriginal Australia  •  Harvey Arde
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1995 •  PAPER  • 220 PAGES
In this personal journey, a National Geographic reporter pokes around remote port towns and interior settlements in the Kimberley, captivated by the stories he hears and the people he meets. This is a down-to-earth portrait, strong on the geography of the Kimberly and character of its people. With photographs and a helpful sketch map of the region. (AUS13, $17.00)
 
The Songlines  •  Bruce Chatwin
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1988 •  PAPER  • 294 PAGES • FAVORITE
This celebrated travelogue is as much about its gifted author -- and the meaning of travel -- as about the Aboriginal people and their ways of life. In this unusual book, Chatwin combines straightforward reporting, history, dream-time stories, and a heady mix of quotations from his notebooks. Along the way, he transforms a journey through the outback into an exhilarating, semi-fictional meditation on our place in the world. (AUS01, $15.00)
  The Songlines
Kimberley Map  •   HEMA Maps
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A large scale (1:1,250,000) map of the Kimberley region, including the northern coast of Western Australia. The reverse side features brief descriptions of major sites and national parks. (AUS16, $10.95)
  Kimberley Map
 

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Kakadu National Park Map  •   HEMA Maps    •  A map of Australia's Kakadu National Park, at a scale of 1:400,000. (AUS97, $10.95)
 
 
Australia, An Ecotraveler's Guide  •  Hannah Robinson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handbook and guide to wildlife, habitats and travel in Australia with 400 color photographs and excellent descriptive information on birds, mammals and other creatures. (AUS128, $23.95)
 
 
Lonely Planet Perth & Western Australia  •  Sally Webb  •  Ilsa Colson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guidebook to Western Australia with plenty of information on where to go and what to do, as well as background on history, culture and nature. . (AUS140, $19.99)
 
 
The Fatal Shore  •  Robert Hughes   • HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  In this celebrated social history, both scholarly and entertaining, Hughes traces the fate of those who were transported to the penal colonies of Australia between 1787 and 1868. It's an engaging popular account, drawn from the experiences of the colonists themselves. (AUS04, $18.95)
 
 
Yorro Yorro, Everything Standing Up Alive - Spirit of the Kimberley  •  Jutta Malnic  •  David Mowaljarlai   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A joint project of aboriginal elder David Mowaljarlai and writer Jutta Malnic, this portrait of Wandjina includes hundreds of color photographs of sacred sites and rock paintings. (AUS194, $32.95)
 
 
Aboriginal Art  •  Wally Caruana   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This well illustrated survey focuses on the spiritual and geographic sources of art and ritual traditions in Australia. With 187 well produced black-and-white and color illustrations. (AUS14, $14.95)
 
 
In a Sunburned Country  •  Bill Bryson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  Nothing seems to deter the intrepid, ever-resourceful Bill Bryson. Here, he revels in Australia's eccentric characters, dangerous flora and fauna, and other oddities. As is his custom, Bryson entertains and informs. (AUS83, $14.95)
 
 
My Place  •  Sally Morgan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A deeply moving autobiography of three generations in Australia, which artfully evokes aboriginal culture. Morgan, who spent her childhood in Perth, didn't discover her Aboriginal background until she was in her teens. (AUS19, $19.95)
 
 
One For the Road, An Outback Adventure  •  Tony Horwitz   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A classic travel adventure by favorite author Tony Horwitz. This time he's set loose among the Aborigines, exiled desert rats and other odd characters in the outback. (AUS79, $13.00)
 
 
Australia, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Robert Ross   • ANTHOLOGY  •  An excellent overview of the cultures, geography and mindset of Australia as seen through stories by Patrick White, Peter Carey and other luminaries. (AUS38, $13.95)
 
 
The Explorers  •  Tim F. Flannery   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Through 67 personal accounts selected and introduced by Tim Flannery, this collection reveals the human experience of exploring and settling Australia. (AUS89, $14.00)
 
 
Rhythms of the Kimberley, A Seasonal Guide to Australia's North  •  Russell Gueho   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A photographic portrait of natural Kimberley, organized by the signs of the changing seasons, from the mighty (swelling tides and destructive cyclones) to the miniscule (the flowering of plants). (AUS192, $31.50)
 
 
The Future Eaters, An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People  •  Tim F. Flannery   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An engaging ecological history of Australasia, focusing on human impact on local environments and animal populations in the recent geologic past. (AUS48, $16.00)
 
 
The Remarkable Baobab  •  Thomas Pakenham   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A celebration of the tremendous, twisted baobabs of Africa, Madagascar and Australia. The 60 large-format color photographs show that the Baobab is indeed remarkable. (NAT71, $19.95)
 
 
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia  •  Ken Simpson  •  Nicholas Day   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handbook and field guide to Australia's birds with 2,000 vivid color illustrations, each accompanied by a brief description and revised range map. (AUS06, $39.50)
 
 
Plants of the Kimberley Region of Western Australia  •  John Richard Petheram   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A photographic field guide to 240 species of trees, shrubs, flowers, herbs and grasses. (AUS193, $40.50)
 
 


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