1 Australia's Alps: the Brindabellas, the Snowy Mountains and Victoria's High Country -- 2 Alpine weather and climate -- 3 The shape of the Alps: geology, landform and soil -- 4 Alpine vegetation: what grows where? -- 5 Alpine animals -- 6 Aboriginal life in the Alps -- 7 Settlement and land use in the Alps: pastoralism -- 8 Science in the Alps -- 9 Gold mining in the Alps: then and now -- 10 Source of the rivers: alpine water resources -- 11 The road to conservation -- 12 Visiting the parks
Summary
A fascinating, illustrated guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. It introduces the highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history
