Setting the record straight -- Biophysical Description -- A veritable Botanic Garden -- Birds -- Mammals -- Reptiles -- Traditional Aboriginal Life Prior to European Contact -- Seventy-Five Years of European Exploration (1857-1932) -- Railways and Missions -- Rockets and Atomic Tests -- The Beadell Tracks -- Current Aboriginal Land Tenure and a Return to Traditional Lands -- Conservation of the Desert's Natural and Cultural Heritage -- Travelling the Great Victoria Desert -- Index