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

• Main Authors: Kriwoken, L, Holmes, ND
• Other Authors: Jabour, J, Hemmings, AD
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Federation Press 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Heard Island; Australian Antarctic Territory; Heard; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11836/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11836/1/Kriwoken_Holmes_Looking_Sth_Macquarie_Island_2007.pdf; http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862876576

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...