Flying fox and drifting sand : the adventures of a biologist in Australia
by Francis Ratcliffe
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Australia's Greatest Books (1938)
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- Dedication
- To E.M.A. and E.M.W. who helped me to appreciate their country
- First words
- On a June afternoon of the year 1770, in the far norht of what is now Queensland, Captain Cook's little ship was beached high and dry on the sand at the mouth of the river to which she gave her name, the Endeavour.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They are to be blamed only in that they seem to have done the job too thoroughly.
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- Nonfiction, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction, Travel, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 919.4 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Australia
- LCC
- QH197 — Science Natural history – Biology Natural history (General) General
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- English
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