For such an iconic species, it is surprising to discover that prior to Alan Newsome’s pioneering studies of it, little was known about the ecological history of the Red Kangaroo. Now, thanks to decades of Dr. Newsome’s research and the additional work of his son Dr. Thomas Newsome, CSIRO Publishing has now brought out The Red Kangaroo in Central Australia; An Early Account by A. E. Newsome.
Covering not only the ecological history of the kangaroos themselves but of the landscape in which they live and even bringing in elements of the ways of the indigenous people who have long shared the land with these animals, Dr. Newsome père establishes the foundation upon which it is now hoped that a new generation of ecologists will continue to build.
