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These are just a few of the many resources you can explore if you would like to learn more about Australia’s plants, paleobotany, geology, and wilderness areas:

Websites

Books

(including all references made in text on this site)

  • Bayly, I. (1999). Rock of ages: Human use and natural history of Australian granites. Tuart House.
  • Blaxell, D. (1988). Orchidaceae: Orchids. In B. D. Morley & H. R. Toelken (Eds.), Flowering plants in Australia (pp. 355–362). (Original work published 1983)
  • Brock, J. (2005). Native plants of Northern Australia (Rev. ed.). Reed New Holland. (Original work published 1993)
  • Carlowicz, M. (2007). The Moon. Harry N Abrams.
  • Cherikoff, V. (2000). The bushfood handbook: how to gather, grow, process & cook Australian wild foods. Cherikoff. (Original work published 1989)
  • Chippendale, G. M. (1988). Eucalyptus torquata. In A. S. George (Ed.), Flora of Australia: Vol. 19. Myrtaceae–Eucalyptus, Angophora (pp. 298–299). Australian Government Publishing Service.
  • Cockell, C. S. (2003). Impossible extinction: Natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world. Cambridge University Press.
  • Collins, K, Collins, K., & George, A. (2009). Banksias. Bloomings Books. (Original work published 2008)
  • Corrick, M. G., & Fuhrer, B. A. (2000). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Bloomings Books.
  • Crisp, M. D., West, J. G., & Linder, H. P. (1999). Biogeography of the terrestrial flora. In A. E. Orchard (Ed.), Flora of Australia: Vol. 1. Introduction (2nd ed., pp. 321–368). ABRS/CSIRO Australia.
  • Edgar, G. J. (2003). Australian marine life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Rev. ed.). Reed New Holland. (Original work published 2000)
  • Ferret, R. (2016). Australia’s volcanoes: An extensive guide to Australia’s volcanic past. Reed New Holland. (Original work published 2005)
  • Fox, M. (1999). Present environmental influences on the Australian flora. In A. E. Orchard (Ed.), Flora of Australia: Vol. 1. Introduction (2nd ed., pp. 205–249). ABRS/CSIRO Australia.
  • Gardner, C. A. (1995). Wildflowers of Western Australia (19th ed.). St George Books.
  • Garrett, M. (1996). The ferns of Tasmania: Their ecology and distribution. Tasmanian Forest Research Council.
  • Griffiths, M. (2010). The lotus quest: In search of the sacred flower. Vintage. (Original work published 2009)
  • Hill, R. S., & Scriven, L. J. (1995). The angiosperm-dominated woody vegetation of Antarctica: a review. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 86(3), 175-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-6667(94)00149-E
  • Hill, R. S., Truswell, E. M., McLoughlin, S., & Dettmann, M. E. (1999). Evolution of the Australian flora: Fossil evidence. In A. E. Orchard (Ed.), Flora of Australia: Vol. 1. Introduction (2nd ed., pp. 251–320). ABRS/CSIRO Australia.
  • Johnson, D. (2005). The Geology of Australia. Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 2004)
  • Jones, D. L. (2000). Cycads of the world. Reed New Holland. (Original work published 1993)
  • Kapitany, A. (2007). Australian succulent plants: An introduction. Kapitany Concepts.
  • Kenrick, P., & Davis, P. (2004). Fossil plants. Smithsonion Books.
  • Kress, W. J., & Sherwood, S. (2009). The art of plant evolution. Kew Publishing.
  • Kutsche, F., & Lay, B. (2003). Field guide to the plants of outback South Australia. Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation.
  • Latz, P. (1996). Bushfires and bushtucker: Aboriginal plant use in Central Australia. IAD Press. (Original work published 1995)
  • Lipar, M., Webb, J. A., White, S. Q., & Grimes, K. G. (2015). The genesis of solution pipes: Evidence from the Middle-Late Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation calcarenite, southeastern Australia. Geomorphology, 246, 90–103.
  • Macdougall, D. (2006). Frozen Earth: The once and future story of ice ages. University of California Press. (Original work published 2004)
  • McNamara, K. (1997). Stromatolites (Rev. ed.). Western Australian Museum.
  • Meagher, D., & Fuhrer, B. (2003). A field guide to the mosses & allied plants of southern Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study; Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.
  • Millar, A. (2012). Algae. In G. Sainty, J. Hosking, G. Carr, & P. Adam (Eds.), Estuary plants and what’s happening to them in south-east Australia (pp. 54–77). Sainty Books.
  • Miller, D., & Veron, C. (1990, 2 June). Biochemistry of a special relationship. New Scientist, 126(1719), 26–31.
  • Moore, P. (2005). A guide to plants of inland Australia. Reed New Holland.
  • Nicolle, D. (1997). Eucalypts of South Australia.
  • Plimer, I. (2009). Heaven + Earth: Global warming: the missing science. Connor Court Publishing.
  • Ramírez, S. R., Gravendeel, B., Singer, R. B., Marshall, C. R., & Pierce, N. E. (2007). Dating the origin of the Orchidaceae from a fossil orchid with its pollinator. Nature, 448(7157), 1042-1045. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06039
  • Ramsey, D. (2008). Ecosystem guides: Rainforest of tropical Australia (2nd ed.). Ecosystem Guides.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. (2020, July 3). Ericaceae. In VicFlora Flora of Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/58e41ed7-e8a9-4cfd-ab7f-e473c1d8b72a
  • Seddon, G. (2006). The old country: Australian landscapes, plants and people. Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 2005)
  • Symon, D., & Jusaitis, M. 2007. Sturt pea: A most splendid plant. Department for Environment & Heritage, Government of South Australia; Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium.
  • Stewart, I., & Lynch, J. (2007). Earth: The power of the planet. BBC Books.
  • Thompson, R. B. (1995). A guide to the geology and landforms of central Australia. Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy.
  • Toelken, H. R. (1988). Capparales: Capparaceae. In B. D. Morley & H. R. Toelken (Eds.), Flowering plants in Australia (pp. 100–102). (Original work published 1983)
  • Tuniz, C, Gillespie, R, & Jones, C. 2009. The bone readers: Atoms, genes and the politics of Australia’s deep past. Allen & Unwin.
  • Urban, A. (1990). Wildflowers & plants of Central Australia. Southbank Editions.
  • van Oosterzee, P. (1991). The Centre: The natural history of Australia’s desert regions. Reed.
  • Walter, C. 2013. Last ape standing: The seven-million-year story of how and why we survived. Walker & Company.
  • West, J. G. (1988). Sapindaceae: Hop bushes. In B. D. Morley & H. R. Toelken (Eds.), Flowering plants in Australia (pp. 200–204). (Original work published 1983)
  • White, M. E. (1986). The greening of Gondwana. Reed Books.
  • White, M. E. (1998). After the greening: The browning of Australia. Kangaroo Press. (Original work published 1994)
  • White, M. E. (1990). The nature of hidden worlds. Reed Books.
  • Williams, G. (2021). The flowering of Australia's rainforests: Pollination ecology and plant evolution (2nd ed.). CSIRO Publishing.
  • Williams, G., & Adam, P. (2010). The flowering of Australia's rainforests: A plant and pollination miscellany. CSIRO Publishing.
  • Wilson, K. L., & Johnson, L. A. S. (1989). Casuarinaceae. In A. S. George (Ed.), Flora of Australia: Vol. 3. Hamamelidales to Casuarinales (pp. 100–174). Australian Government Publishing Service.
  • Woodford, J. (2007). The Wollemi pine (Rev. ed.). (Original work published 2005)
  • Wrigley, J. W., & Fagg, M. (1991). Banksias, waratahs & grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae. Angus & Robertson. (Original work published 1989)

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