Australian Geographic - 09.2019 - 10.2019

September. October 7

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On the cover

The elusive nature

of this enigmatic rain-

forest bird has made it

difficult to accurately

assess the species’

population size.

While most of the

country’s cassowaries

(Casuarius casuarius)

live in the Wet Tropics

region of Queensland, there are several

smaller populations in isolated rainforest

pockets further north. See page 36 for more.

Photographer: Dr Ruchira Somaweera.

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Rewilding Australia

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Members of Aboriginal communities are warned that

this edition of AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC may contain images

and names of deceased individuals.

106 Strait talking

The Winds of Zenadth festival

celebrates song, dance,

language and history.

114 The old Wool Road

From Aboriginal songline to

busy stock route, the Wool

Road offers a stellar journey.

Travel with Us

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12 Your Say

Mailbag and reader

photos

14 Big Picture

Surge

16 Dr Karl

Kruszelnicki

Fat birds

17 Traces

Bills horse trough

18 Defining Moments

Switch to decimal currency

Geobuzz & regulars

19 Space

The moon that shouldn’t

be there

22 Aussie Towns

New Norcia, WA

24 The List

All the latest from

Australian Geographic

26 Snapshot Swing time

28 Your Society

AGS Awards nominees

Launching Limiting Factor,

which took Victor Vescovo

to the deepest point in the

Southern Ocean. See page 96.

Aussie towns

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PHOTO CREDITS, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: RICHARD VARCOE; THOMAS WIELECKI; AARON SMITH; ANDREW GREGORY