Tag: Libguide

  • The Men’s Shed Movement

    Hambledon house, 2025, South Side Story: Men’s Sheds, https://hambledonhouse.com.au/south-side-story-mens-sheds/

    The Men’s Shed Movement had humble beginnings in South Australia and Victoria in the mid to late 1990s. Thirty years later it is truly a global movement with associations beginning in Australia, the UK, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, the US and Denmark. Throughout its progress, Barry Golding has been researching the movement with the publication of…

  • Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

    Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

    The ACRA website is a registration portal for plant breeders to apply for registration of a native plant cultivar.

  • Propagating native plants

    Propagating native plants

    This library guide lists a wide variety of media which covers the techniques used in propagation which are best used to propagate a given plant genus or species.

  • Rainwater harvesting

    Rainwater harvesting

    Water security: A call to action South Australia is a very dry landscape. Indeed, the South Australian Department of the Environment and Water (DEW) reminds us: Water is fundamental to our lives. It supports agriculture, beverage and food production, industries like mining, energy and construction, essential services such as our schools and hospitals, right through…

  • Water Management on the Fleurieu – A review of government agencies and legislation

    Water Management on the Fleurieu – A review of government agencies and legislation

    Water management has long been an issue in South Australia. Some of it first legislation was to ensure the equitable distribution of water of landholders. Much of the water supply on the Fleurieu is sourced from ground and surface water by aquifers and dams respectively.