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South Australian Planning Portal Application (SAPPA)

The South Australian Property and Planning Atlas (SAPPA) is a free, map-based application which displays planning spatial layers and land ownership information.

November 22, 2025

Bushfire information for the Fleurieu

SAPPA provides information which affects property development and planning. This includes alerting potential home buyers of the bushfire risk in areas of South Australia.

November 22, 2025

Digital Atlas of Australia

The Digital Atlas of Australia is a mapping tool provided by the Australian Government to view a wide range of datasets in a graphical format. One such use is to view the geological regions of Australia using layers which reveal the types of surface geology, timescale, and rock type.

November 20, 2025

Australian Dictionary of Biography

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.

November 19, 2025

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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.

November 17, 2025

Australian Orchids

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.

November 16, 2025

Plants of the Adelaide Plains and Hills

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.

November 16, 2025

The Third Industrial Revolution

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…

November 4, 2025

Let’s Propagate: A plant propagation manual for Australia

Bishop, A, 2025, Propagating Native Plants, https://www.gardeningaustraliamag.com.au/propagating-native-plants/#:~:text=Native%20cuttings%20can%20take%20anywhere,to%20pot%20up%20the%20seedlings.

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.

October 25, 2025

Climbers

christina_l, 2023, False Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violaceahttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184073024

These climbers can be found in woodlands across the Fleurieu Peninsula.

October 23, 2025