Desert Channels

by Robin, Libby; Dickman, Chris; Martin, Mandy

• ISBN13: 9780643097490
• ISBN10: 064309749X
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-31
• Publisher: Csiro

Summary

The book is the centrepiece of a project that combines book, art exhibitions and web-based educational materials exploring the distinctive Desert Channels country in south-western Queensland. The region is the main source of all the desert rivers in arid Australia, and its rivers drain into Lake Eyre. The region includes the Channel Country and adjacent Simpson Desert and extends north east of Longreach to include Mound Springs country. Conservation here is portrayed in four dimensions: place, landscape, biodiversity and livelihood. These four parts each carry four chapters. The '4x4' structure was conceived by acclaimed artist, Mandy Martin, who has produced suites of artworks over three seasons in this format with commentaries, which make the interludes between parts. Martin's work offers an aesthetic framework of place, which shapes how we see the region. Key Features: ? Some of Australia's most interesting initiatives in conservation are in the Desert Channels area of Western Queensland ? Celebrates what people in the region value about their place, and what visitors might find ? Strong writing team which also features the artworks of one of Australia's finest landscape artist's, Mandy Martin.