Melissa Harper

Illustrated with historic photographs and memorabilia, this book traces the history of bushwalking and shows how the activity has become the most popular way that Australians engage with the bush. For many Australians, walking has become a major means of developng an attachment to the land and a connection to the nation. The book features many primary materials, including diary entries, club newsletters, and photos that bring to live the origins and developments of walking as a significant Australian pastime. It also offers some marvelous pen portraits of the extraordinary characters that pioneered bushwalking, and those that followed in their footsteps.

Pub Date: 2008 ISBN: PAPER:    0-86840-968-5    978-0-86840-968-9 Price: Paper: $29.00s Subject Listing: Australian History, Recreation, Travel Bibliographic information: 336 pp., 60 illus., 6 x 9 in. Distributed for: UNSW Press Territorial rights: North American rights only