Tag: Reference resource

  • Understanding Mount Compass soils

    Understanding Mount Compass soils

    Land systems are not singular soil descriptions but identify the landscape in which a range of similar types of soils exist. Each of the soil types are referenced by a secondary three digit code indicating soil landscape units (SLUs). These units identify the aspects of the soil and other characteristics such as the land relief.…

  • The Australian Soil Classification

    The Australian Soil Classification

    The Australian Soil Classification handbook, first published in 1996, is a key resource for identifying soils throughout Australia.

  • Native trees and shrubs of South-Eastern Australia

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    Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia, by Leon Costermans, embraces an area that stretches from the Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges in South Australia, across Victoria and southern New South Wales to the NSW South Coast.

  • Geology of the Fleurieu Peninsula

    Geology of the Fleurieu Peninsula

    The geology of the Fleurieu is a complex composition of very ancient rock formations amidst that formed in the earliest geological times. Thanks to the Digital Atlas of Australia, this geology is illustrated graphically.

  • South Australian Planning Portal Application (SAPPA)

    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.

  • Digital Atlas of Australia

    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.

  • Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

    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.

  • Australian Orchids

    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.

  • 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.

  • Drip Irrigation: for Every Landscape & All Climates

    Drip Irrigation: for Every Landscape & All Climates

    Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and all Climates by Robert Kourik (2009) provides the basics as well as advanced concepts in drip irrigation design for domestic use. This library guide/review provides a description as well as a chapter by chapter summary of this indispensible handbook.