Tourism, rainforests and worthless lands: The origins of national parks in Queensland

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-507

  Frost, Warwick ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; National parks; Queensland; Rainforests

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; LAND RIGHTS; NATIONAL PARK; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 11944274580     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461668042000280255     Document Type: Article

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