List of contributors; 1. The Australian fossil plant record: an introduction R. S. Hill; 2. Maps of late Mesozoic-Cenozoic Gondwana break-up: some palaeographical implications G. E. Wilford and P. J. Brown; 3. The background: 144 million years of Australian palaeoclimate and palaeogeography P. G. Quilty; 4. Palaeobotanical evidence for Tertiary climates D. R. Greenwood; 5. Landscapes of Australia: their nature and evolution G. Taylor; 6. Patterns in the history of Australia's mammals and inferences about palaeohabitats M. Archer, S. J. Hand and H. Godthelp; 7. Australian Tertiary phytogeography: evidence from palynology H. A. Martin; 8. Cretaceous vegetation: the microfossil record M. E. Dettmann; 9. Cretaceous vegetation: the macrofossil record J. G. Douglas; 10. Early Tertiary vegetation: evidence from spores and pollen M. K. Macphail, N. F. Alley, E. M. Truswell and I. R. K. Sluiter; 11. The early Tertiary macrofloras of continental Australia D. C. Christophel; 12. Cenozoic vegetation in Tasmania: macrofossil evidence R. J. Carpenter, R. S. Hill and G. J. Jordan; 13. The Neogene: a period of transition A. P. Kershaw, H. A. Martin and J. R. C. McEwen Mason; 14. The Oligo-Miocene coal floras of south-eastern Australia D. T. Blackburn and I. R. K. Sluiter; 15. Quaternary vegetation G. S. Hope; 16. The history of selected Australian taxa R. S. Hill; Taxonomic index; General index.
Discusses fossil evidence for the origin of Australian vegetation.
"...a most important synthesis to be used in conjunction with R.H. Grove's 2nd ed. of Australian Vegetation..." Taxon 43 "More than merely a study of Australian paleobotany, this handsome volume incorporates the fossil record, geology, interaction with mammalian fauna, and climate in a series of 16 chapters written by varied authorities on Australian vegetation and natural history. Covering a period of roughly 150,000,000 years, the test includes a reference to just about every significant paper written about the origin and evolution of Australian flora...recommended." Choice "...a very comprehensive documentation of the Australian tertiary flora...This reviewer whole-heartedly recommends that this book be purchased...and placed on the bookshelves of all those individuals involved in the study of plant history, be they geologists, paleobotanists or those botanists who need to expand their geographical horizons. Not only is this book thoroughly researched with many references, some not readily accessible to North Americans, but it represents a model for books that ought to be written summarizing the tertiary floras of North America, Asia and Europe." Herbert L. Hergert, Plant Science Bulletin "How did this vegetation develop and evolve? Robert Hill's History of the Australian Vegetation is a scholarly treatise on the various forces that have lead to the recent flora. The beautifully produced book is a product of several complementary scientific approaches to the question, with contributions from paleobotanists, geologists, palynologists, and stratigraphers. Together, they offer us a detailed and critical discussion...gives[s] the botanist an enormous satisfaction of being able to make sense, in ecological and evolutionary ways, of a flora that at first glance seems so alien." Steven N. Handel, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club
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