Wombats are the hobbits of the Australian bush. With his usual brilliance James Woodford, bestselling author of The Wollemi Pine, explores the wombat’s bizarre evolutionary history and perilous future: a mere 65 northern hairy-nosed wombats remain in the wild.
But this book also tells the extraordinary story of Peter Nicholson, a schoolboy from Timbertop who in the 1960s learned more about the secret lives of these animals than anyone before him. This is popular science writing at its best: an irresistible subject in the hands of an irrepressible author.
By:
James Woodford Imprint: Text Publishing Company Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 228g ISBN:9781877008436 ISBN 10: 1877008435 Pages: 229 Publication Date:01 December 2002 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Winner of Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book (Australia).
Winner of Whitley Awards: Best Natural History Book 2005
Winner of Whitley Awards: Best Natural History Book 2005.