Emerging issues of Australia's sub-Antarctic Islands : Macquarie Island and Heard Island and McDonald Islands

BOOK SUMMARY - Australia has a long, rich and significant history in Antarctic affairs. Since 1933 Australia has asserted a claim to 42 per cent of the continent as the Australian Antarctic Territory. Australia was an original signatory to the 1959 Antarctic Treaty and has subsequently played an act...

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Main Authors: Kriwoken, L, Holmes, ND
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2007
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