The Southern Frontier
australia, antarctica and empire in the southern ocean world
$37.59
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2025
Summary
The Frozen South: Australia’s Antarctic Obsession
Antarctica looms large in the Australian psyche – as a place of science, adventure, and peril. Our romantic entanglement with this unique environment is deep and enduring.
The Southern Frontier traces Australia’s Antarctic obsession from its origins in the nineteenth century to the creation of the Australian Antarctic Territory and a permanent national Antarctic program in the 1930s and 1940s. It reconstructs Austral…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522880519 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522880517 |
| Author: | Rohan Howitt |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 384g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 234mm x 157mm |
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About The Author
Rohan Howitt
Rohan Howitt is a lecturer in environmental history at Monash University. His research focuses on the interconnected histories of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. His work has been published in leading scholarly journals such as Australian Historical Studies, History Compass, and The Journal of Global History. The Southern Frontier is his first book.
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