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Australian Dictionary of Biography
2025-11-19
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia’s pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of over 13,000 significant and representative persons in Australian history.
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
2025-11-17
The Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation is a register of the people, industries, corporations, research institutions, scientific societies, awards, major events and other organisations that have contributed to Australia’s scientific, technological, engineering and medical heritage.
Australian Orchids
2025-11-16
Noel Lothian, former Director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, provides the text for the illustrated works of Rosa Fiveashes creating a textual and visual description of orchids found across Australia.
Plants of the Adelaide Plains and Hills
2025-11-16
This is an identification guide to the plants of the Adelaide district, an area which extends from Goolwa to Gawler and including the coastline. It contains colour illustrations and descriptions of about 1200 species and is the result of over three and a half years of collecting, identifying and illustrating the species.
The Third Industrial Revolution
2025-11-04
The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity is desperate for a sustainable economic game plan to take us into the future.
Let’s Propagate: A plant propagation manual for Australia
2025-10-25
This is a handbook for propagating specifically Australian Native plants. It takes the user from a novice to being able to identify what propagation methods can be applied for a large cross-section of native plant families, genus, and species.