Kakadu natural and cultural heritage and management

Abstract

Kakadu is a wonderful place: a landscape of beauty, starkness and drama; of living culture, history and prehistory; a place of abundant wildlife and scarcity; a land of floods, drought and fire. People have shaped its contents as much as the forces of wind, rain, fire and tide have moulded its form. To stand in the South Alligator River valley and know not only of its diversity of plants and animals but to understand its power for its Aboriginal owners and custodians is a privilege that I have had. I hope that this book can give those that want to dig deeper than the television documentary, see further than the bus window, and read more than the park pamphlet, something to take with them or take home. Show more