Book Shelf

The books listed below are just a selection of the many books available on topics relating the the interests and activities of the Society.

If you are interested in any of them, you should be able to find these books at a local South Australian library through the Libraries of SA Network or from an online book store.

Click on any of the headings below to jump to that book section.

South Australian Natural History and Environmental Issues

Australian Natural History and Environmental Issues

Books about Wombats

Children’s Books about Wombats

South Australian Natural History and Environmental Issues

Native eucalypts of south australia

Weeds of the South East

By F. J. Richardson, R. G. Richardson and R. C. H. Shepherd 2011

Mistletoes of Southern Australia

By David M. Watson 2011

The Mallee in Flower

By I. R. McCann 2010 (Reprint)

A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia

By Archie McArthur 2010

Mangroves to Mallee: a Complete Guide to the Vegetation of Temperate South Australia

By Todd Berkinshaw 2009

Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia Covering Areas of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

By Leon Costermans 2009

Grasses of South Australia: an illustrated guide to the native and naturalised species

By John Jessop, Gilbert R.M. Dashorst and Fiona M. James 2006

A Remote and Lonely Place: Voices in a mallee household

By Jenny Wightman 2005

mallee-country-wildlife

By Sid Cowling 1993

The Ants of Southern Australia: a Guide to the Bassian Fauna

ants-southern-australia

By Alan Anderson 1991

making-of-the-south-australian-landscape

By Michael Williams 1974

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Australian Natural History and Environmental Issues

After the Greening: the Browning of Australia

By Mary E. White 19942015

Listen…Our Land is Crying: Australia’s Environment: Problems and Solutions

By Mary E. White 1997

Running Down: Water in a Changing Land

By Mary E. White 2000

Managing and Conserving Grassy Woodlands

Edited by S. McIntyre, J. G. McIvor and K. M. Heard 2004

Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian Mammals

By Barbara Triggs 2005

The Mammals of Australia

Edited by Steve Van Dyck and Ronald Strahan 2006 (Third Edition)

Tooth & Nail: The Story of the Rabbit in Australia

By Brian Coman 2010 (Second Edition)

The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia

By Richard Thomas, Sarah Thomas, David Andrew and Alan McBride 2011

The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines made Australia

By Bill Gammage 2011

Australia’s Fossil Heritage: A Catalogue of Important Australian Fossil Sites

By The Australian Heritage Council 2012

Linking Australia’s Landscapes: Lessons and Opportunities from Large-scale Conservation Networks

By James Fitzsimons, Ian Pulsford and Geoff Wescott 2013

First Footprints: The Epic Story of the First Australians

By Scott Cane 2013

Australia’s War Against Rabbits: The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease

By Brian Douglas Cooke 2014

Dark Emu Black Seeds: agriculture or accident?

By Bruce Pascoe 2014

Land of Sweeping Plains: Managing and restoring the native grasslands of south-eastern Australia

By Nicholas SG Williams, Adrian Marshall, John W Morgan 2015

Taming the Great South Land: a History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia

By William Lines 1991

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Books About Wombats

Wombats (Nocturnal Animals)

By Kristin Petrie 2010

Wombats

Edited by R.T. Wells & P.A. Pridmore 1998 Based on proceedings from a 1994 conference held in Adelaide

The Secret Life Of Wombats

By James Woodford 2002

Wombats

By Barbara Triggs 2009 (Second Edition)

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Children’s Books about Wombats

The Wombania website has reviews on these and many more children’s books. Besides the books listed below, children’s book authors Jackie French and Charles Fuge have written numerous other wombat books in related series.