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Spiderwatch : a guide to Australian spiders / Bert Brunet. [Variant title:Spider watch]

Author: Brunet, Bert.

Year: 1997.

Format: Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Arachnology	D595.440994/BRU/ARACH	Available

Sketch plan of the North-West coast of Australia [cartographic material] : to accompany a narrative of an expedition of exploration (Proceedings Royal Geograpgical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Vol. XVIII, Session 1916-1917) / by Herbert Basedow.

Author: Basedow, Herbert, 1881-1933.; Basedow, Herbert, 1881-1933. Narrative of an expedition of exploration in North-Western Australia.; Ward, Melbourne, 1903-1966, former owner.; Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch

Year: 1916

Format: Map

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D912.9414/BAS/RARE BOOKS	Available	[1916]

Oceans : science and solutions for Australia / editor: Bruce Mapstone. [Variant title:Oceans]

Author: Mapstone, Bruce D. (Bruce David), editor.; CSIRO issuing body.

Year: 2017.

Format: Book

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction / Bruce Mapstone -- SECTION 1 AUSTRALIA'S MARINE ESTATE -- ch. 2 Australia's ocean currents / Eric Raes -- ch. 3 The living ocean / Karen Gowlett-Holmes -- ch. 4 Geology beneath

our oceans / Andrew Ross -- ch. 5 The oceans and our climate / Andrew Lenton -- ch. 6 The oceans and our lives / Amar Doshi -- ch. 7 The blue economy / Samantha Paredes -- ch. 8 Governance of Australian seas and oceans / Marcus Haward -- SECTION 2 SCIENCE AND OCEAN USE -- ch. 9 Fisheries and aquaculture / Nigel Preston -- ch. 10 Energy from Australia's marine estate / Andrew Ross -- ch. 11 Coastal development / Mat Vanderklift -- ch. 12 Operational oceanography - security, safety, transport, search and rescue / Andreas Schiller -- ch. 13 Ocean pollution - risks, costs and consequences / Chris Wilcox -- ch. 14 Tools and technologies for ocean observation / Andreas Marouchos -- ch. 15 Managing multiple uses of our oceans / Marcus Haward -- Contents note continued: SECTION 3 FUTURE OCEANS SCIENCE -- ch. 16 Changes and challenges for future generations / James Innes -- ch. 17 Ocean changes to come / Matt Chamberlain -- ch. 18 Future technologies / Levente Bodrossy -- ch. 19 Conclusion / Bruce Mapstone.

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Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Main Library Open Access	D577.70994/OCE/MAIN	Available	2017

Impressions of waterfowl of Australia : from the original oils on Lauan mahogany panels / Frank T. Morris.

Author: Morris, Frank T. (Frank Thomson)

Year: 1977.

Format: Rare Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D598.410994/MOR/RARE BOOK	Available	1977

An uncertain future : Australian birdlife in danger / Geoffrey Maslen ; photography by Dr Rohan Clarke.

Author: Maslen, Geoffrey, 1936-, author.; Clarke, Rohan, photographer.

Year: 2017.

Format: Book

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Sixth Mass Extinction -- 2.Catastrophic Collapse of Seabirds -- 3.Secret, Silent Killer of Sea Life -- 4.Ashmore Reef: A Tropical Paradise for Seabirds -- 5.Traversing the Globe: The Bass

Strait Mutton-Birds -- 6.Saving Australia's Threatened Species -- 7.Giving New Life to the Babbler -- 8.A Multicoloured Mob of Angels -- 9.The East Coast Mafia: Masked and Dangerous -- 10.Magpies: Mozarts of the Bush (One) -- 11.Magpies: Mozarts of the Bush (Two) -- 12.Selfish Genes and Cooperative Breeders -- 13.Lyrebirds: A Scratch and Scramble Life (One) -- 14.Lyrebirds: A Scratch and Scramble Life (Two) -- 15.Corvids: The Smartest Birds of All -- 16.The Clever Birds People Like to Eat -- 17.Songbirds: Australia's Gift to the World -- 18.The Origins and the Future of Birds -- 19.Tackling the Extinction Threat.

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Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Main Library Open Access	D598.0994/MAS/MAIN	Available	2017

Twenty thirst century : the future of water in Australia / John Archer.

Author: Archer, John, 1941-

Year: 2005.

Format: Book

Preface -- Flying blind - the future of water in Australia -- God sends a messenger -- Desal - great white hope or great white elephant? -- From toilet to tap - the NEWater cycle -- Silent springs and depleted aquifiers -- No water

dreaming - the Sydney nightmare -- Liquid assets - who owns the rain -- Breathing space -- The ties that bind -- Survival technology.

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Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Main Library Open Access	D333.9100994/ARC/MAIN	Available	[2005]

The Australian bird guide / Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack, Kim Franklin.

Author: Menkhorst, Peter, author.; Rogers, Danny I., author.; Clarke, Rohan, author.; Davies, J. N. (Jeff N.), artist.; Marsack, Peter, artist.; Franklin, Kim, artist.; CSIRO issuing body.

Edition: Original print edition., 2017

Format: Book

Alphabetical quick reference to bird groups -- Acknowledgements -- Constructing the guide -- Identifying birds -- Birding in Australia -- A guide for birders to the evolution and classification of Australian birds -- Key to abbreviations

and symbols -- Species accounts -- Checklist of species.

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Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Main Library Open Access	D598.0994/MEN/MAIN	Available

The politics of identity : who counts as Aboriginal today? / Bronwyn Carlson. [Variant title:Who counts as Aboriginal today?]

Author: Carlson, Bronwyn, author.; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, issuing body.

Year: 016.

Format: Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Main Library Open Access	D305.89915/CAR/MAIN	Available

Women of flowers : botanical art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s / Leonie Norton. [Variant title:Botanical art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s]

Author: Norton, Leonie.; National Library of Australia

Year: 2009.

Format: Book

Mary Morton Allport -- Louisa Atkinson -- Fanny Anne Charsley -- Marrianne Collinson Campbell -- Susan Fereday -- Ida McComish -- Dorothy English Paty -- Ellis Rowan -- Harriet & Helena Scott -- Margaret Cochrane Scott.

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Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Reference	D580.222/NOR/REF:PICRES	Available

The catch : the story of fishing in Australia / Anna Clark.

Author: Clark, Anna, 1978-, author.; Paxevanos, Rob, writer of foreword.; National Library of Australia, issuing body.

Year: 2017

Format: Book

Australia's love affair with fishing -- Indigenous fishing and fishers -- Colonial encounters -- Early industry -- Old fish in a new world -- The anglers -- Modern fisheries -- A reccie revolution -- Can we keep fishing?

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Main Library Open Access	D799.10994/CLA/MAIN	Available	2017

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