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The Dividing Range does not consist of a single continuous mountain chain, but is rather a combined complex of mountain ranges, plateaus, hilly upland areas and escarpments with an ancient and complex geological history. The physiographic division name for the landmass is called the East Australian Cordillera.
Cordillera Central of Luzon and Southern Pacific Cordillera of Mindanao in the Philippines; Cordilleras Béticas, Central and Cantábrica (including the Picos de Europa) in Spain; East Australian Cordillera, more commonly known as the Great Dividing Range, the most significant topographic feature of the east coast of Australia
Aspects of traditional Aboriginal land use and culture have been documented from the period of first contact [8] to present. [9] Aboriginal people with ties to the region seek to maintain their culture today, [10] despite a long period of forced removal from their lands following European occupation in the late 19th-early 20th century. [11] [12]
The landforms of Earth are generally divided into physiographic regions, consisting of physiographic provinces, which in turn consist of physiographic sections, [1] [2] [3] though some others use different terminology, such as realms, regions and subregions. [4]
Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature.
The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the last glacial period. [1] [2] Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world.
It also covers the history and details of many Australian periodicals. [3] BlackWords, a separately published database within AustLit, covers all aspects of Indigenous Australian literature. Developed from an existing dataset in 2006 and launched in 2007, as of 2024 it indexes approximately 24,000 works by nearly 7000 authors and organisations. [9]
The natural history of Australia has been shaped by the geological evolution of the Australian continent from Gondwana and the changes in global climate over geological time. The building of the Australian continent and its association with other land masses, as well as climate changes over geological time, have created the unique flora and ...