Douglas Mawson, the Survivor: From the ABC-TV Grand Prix Winner Melbourne Film Festival 1983.
by Parer, David; Parer-Cook, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0949681016
- ISBN 13
- 9780949681010
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Morwell, VIC: Alella Books, 1983. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos, frontispiece, light foxing edges, minor edgewear jacket (light foxing reverse side, few tiny scratches & dents). 160 pp. David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook have made a documentary film produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Natural History Unit to mark the centenary of explorer Douglas Mawson's birth. The film was built around a reconstruction of the fateful sledging journey and interwoven with testimony from family, friends and colleagues. It seeks to give a portrait of Mawson the man, as well as Mawson the scientist. This book presents the essence of the Mawson story as it was told in the film. (The film was Grand Prix Winner, Melbourne Film Festival 1983.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25289
- Title
- Douglas Mawson, the Survivor: From the ABC-TV Grand Prix Winner Melbourne Film Festival 1983.
- Author
- Parer, David; Parer-Cook, Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0949681016
- ISBN 13
- 9780949681010
- Publisher
- Alella Books
- Place of Publication
- Morwell, VIC
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- australian biography, travel, exploration, explorers, media, television (tv), victoria, pacific, antarctica, antarctic
- Bookseller catalogs
- PACIFIC & NEW ZEALAND;
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Bookhome Sydney
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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