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MR. CROLL records impressions of Central Australia, which were gathered on four expeditions between 1929 and 1934. He witnessed both the effects of a seven years drought and the rejuvenation of the country and its animal and vegetable life after the rains. The contrast is strikingly portrayed, though, not unnaturally, the narrative stresses the aridity of the dry period. The author conveys to his readers the charm and beauty of the landscape as effectually as he impresses upon them the vastness of its spaces. He is an enthusiast on the economic possibilities of the country, given a water supply and a market such as a newly discovered gold-field might afford.
Wide Horizons:
Wanderings in Central Australia. By Robert Henderson Croll. . Pp. xiv + 158 + 27 plates. (Sydney and London: Angus and Robertson, Ltd., 1937.) 9s. 6d. net.
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Wide Horizons:. Nature 140, 1081 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/1401081b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1401081b0