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Mixed Native and Exotic Mediterranean Garden – A Case Study

Growing natives and exotics is a common practice to get the most our of a Mediterranean type climate. Hybrid cultivars extend the range of colours for many natives plants.

July 12, 2026

Smaller eucalypts for planting in Australia: their selection, cultivation and management

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This guide treats 84 smaller-growing eucalypts suited for growing in Australia. Each species is illustrated by multiple photographs and a current distribution map.

July 5, 2026

Guns, Germs and Steel : A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years

CC0 licensed photo by andyav from the WordPress Photo Directory: https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/92769b7421/Esta imagen muestra el sitio arqueológico de Moray, ubicado en el Valle Sagrado de los Incas cerca de Cusco, Perú. Presenta un campo circular dispuesto en terrazas dentro de una depresión. This image shows the archaeological site of Moray, located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas near Cusco, Peru. It features a circular field terraced into a bowl.

Jared Diamond’s: Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the last 13,000 years, explains how geography and climate have had a significant effect in how civilisation has developed unevenly around the world.

June 27, 2026

Fleurieu Birds: What to see and where to see them

A field guide and location guide for birds seen in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. This is a highly populated region compared with the rest of South Australia and borders the Adelaide southern suburbs.

June 26, 2026

The Fleurieu Rocks! From the Big Bang to the Fleurieu Peninsula…a geological tour

This book looks at three different perspectives of the Fleurieu Peninsula – 20,000 years ago, the present, and time-travelling back billions of years. It will discuss the formation of the Earth – there are some very old rocks on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

June 24, 2026

100+ books on Woodworking from Libraries SA

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100 books in Libraries SA on wordworking basics and useful projects.

June 20, 2026

The Original Australians

The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Aboriginal history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day.

June 18, 2026

Chasing rainbows in the rain: A history of Mt. Compass, Nangkita, Tooperang and Yundi

Chasing rainbows in the rain, is an extension of previous efforts to catalogue the beginnings of European settlement in the Tookayerta Creek catchment, which is also known as the Mount Compass Area.

June 18, 2026

Project Management Fundamentals

Good project management is important for organisations undertaking any type of project. Project Management Fundaments by Shelly Morris introduces the science of managing projects.

June 14, 2026

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies : The Case against Superintelligent AI

AI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced. The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction – but it’s not too late to change course.

June 12, 2026