The following are links to websites that contain useful information on the topic 'Landforms and Landscapes'
Landforms
The top ten Australian landforms in this list include: Uluru, Heart Reef, Bungle Bungle Ranges, Cradle Mountain, Daintree rainforest, the Three Sisters, Horizontal Falls, Flinders Ranges, the 12 Apostles, and Katherine Gorge, accompanied by a brief description.
Rock features on this page include:
Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Karlwe Karlwe, Mount Augustus, Wave Rock, Gulaga (Mt Dromedary), Bald Rock, Oldest known rocks in each State and Territory.
Uluru and Kata Tjuta, N.T.
This geology page from the Department of the Environment describes the formation of Uluru and Kata Tjuta from the perspective of a geologist, accompanied by diagrams showing the process.
This site provides information about the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock and the Olgas) and the Aboriginal land jointly managed by the Anangu traditional owners and Parks Australia. Sections include culture and history, environment, management and conservation. The education section has activity books.
The creation of Uluru and Kata Tjuta, both were formed at the same time, began over 500 million years ago. This ABC Science article explains the process.
This paper assesses joint management arrangements in operation in Aboriginal owned protected areas in Australia, taking Kakadu National Park as a detailed case study and contrasting it with Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Parks Australia has information about bush tucker sourced by the Anangu people in the around Uluru and Kata Tjuta. It includes traditional foods from plants, honey ants, witchetty grubs and desert animals. There is also a section on women's tools, and men's hunting tools.
The Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park site explains the significance of Tjukurpa or Dreaming to the Anangu people of central Australia, the stories based around the geological features of the landscape. Some accompanying short videos explain the cultural significance to the Aboriginal people.
Detailed information in pdf format about the management of Uluru from the Management Plan.
Things to see and do when visiting Kata Tjuta
A report on Uluru and Kata Tjuta including information on its land and people, the current challenges it is facing and how it is being preserved.
World of Chemistry - The world seen through the eyes of a chemist. How were Uluru and Kata Tjuta formed.
Glass House Mountains
Creation.com explains how the Glass house mountains were formed and look at how the biblical flood caused their formation.
ABC Science looks at the remnants of ancient Australian volcanoes and discusses how they differ from other volcanoes around the world.
Contains information on Nature, Culture and History of the Glass House Mountains
Discusses the discovery, formation and Indigenous significance of the Glass House Mountains
Undara Volcanic National Park
Lava Caves, Depressions and The Wall – a Possible Lunar Analogue
West of Atherton, in far north Queensland, lies a wonderland of geological delights – the legacies of ancient coral reefs, startling alluvial deposits and Earth’s longest volcanic lava flow.
Katherine Gorge
A biography of the Australian continent, Katherine Gorge
Twelve Apostles
Information on the group of rocks called the twelve apostles.
This physical geography website uses the theme of Matthew Flinders to assist in explaining and describing the coastal landforms of the Twelve Apostles in western Victoria. The site describes and explains the nature of the erosion of limestone cliffs and the numerous features that result from marine processes.
News story on how one of the rock formations at the twelve apostles collapses.
Horizontal Falls
One of the the Kimberley's most unusual sights is the horizontal 'two-way' waterfall of Talbot Bay in the Buccaneer Archipelago.
Heart Reef
Information on how Heart reef was formed and the types of rocks found there.