New in the ANBG Library & Archive

September 2011

last month: August

The Gardens’ Library is located on the first floor of the Botany Building at the ANBG, Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain.
Opening hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. Members of the public may use the library by appointment.

The bulletin contains a list of new material recently received in the library. These items together with recent issues of journals and magazines are on display in the ANBG Library for approximately three to four weeks. All registered library clients are welcome to use the library and photocopy display items or reserve items for loan.

Staff may request items from the bulletin by phone, fax or email.
Phone: (02) 6250 9480
Fax: (02) 6250 9432
Email: ANBG.library@environment.gov.au

BOOKS & PAMPHLETS

Australian Government biodiversity policy: consultation draft
Canberra : Dept of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 2011.
http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/pubs/consultation-draft-biodiversity-policy.pdf
P 333.95160994 AUS

Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve: assessment of vegetation conditions, ecology and resilience to environmental stressors, including climate change and pests
George N Batianoff, Gillian C Naylor, Hans A Dillewaard
Brisbane : Queensland Herbarium, [2009]
577.52099536 BAT

The Ledknapper spinifex: its people, plants and animals
Michael Maher ... [eta l.]
Bourke, NSW : Bourke Rangelands Liaison Group & Cuttagoa Catchment Landcare Group, 1995
578.099449 LED

Botany for gardeners, 3 rd edn
Brian Capon
Portland, Or : Timber Pres, 2010
580 CAP

The last great plant hunt: the story of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank
Carolyn Fry, Sue Seddon and Gail Vines
Richmond, Surrey : Kew Publishing, 2011
581.467 FRY

Legumes and herbs of coastal NSW
Harry Rose, Carol Rose and Trevor Rose
[Paterson, NSW]: NSW Dept of Industry & Investment, 2011
Identification guide to the non-grass plants, including legumes, ferns, sedges, rushes and other herbs, arranged by flower colour. Colour photographs for each species.
581.9944 ROS

National recovery plan for Forrester’s bottlebrush, Callistemon forresterae
Geoff Sutter
Melbourne : Dept. of Sustainability and Environment, 2010
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/callistemon-forresterae.html
P 583.765099456 SUT

National recovery plan for the Mongarlowe mallee, Eucalyptus recurva
Geoff Sutter
Queanbeyan, NSW : Office of Heritage and Environment (NSW), 2011
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/pubs/eucalyptus-recurva-recovery-plan.pdf
P 583.766099447

Sarcochilus species and hybrids
James B Watson, ed.
West Palm Beach, Fla. : American Orchid Society, 2011 (Orchids. Supplement, August 2011)
P 584.4 SAR

The miniature angels in the plant kingdom: an introduction to bryophytes
Zhang Li
Aomen : Dept. of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region & Shenzhen Fairylake Botanical Garden, 2009.
Part I. Getting to know bryophytes - Part II. How to recognize bryophytes - Part III. Diversity and conservation of bryophytes in China.
588 MIN

Metazoan parasite survey of selected macro-inshore fish of southeastern Australia, including species of commercial importance
KS Hutson, SR Catalano & ID Whittington
Townsville : James Cook University, 2011 (FRDC project no. 2007/225)
Research partly funded by Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS project no. 2007-44)
ABRS 597.099423 HUT

Living with snakes and other reptiles
Simon Watharow
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO, 2011
597.90994 WAT

The action plan for Australian birds 2010
ST Garnett, JZ Szabo and G Dutson
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2011
598.0994 GAR

Birds of the sandhills and bluebush plains
Port Augusta : Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, 2010
Pamphlet
P 598.0994238 BIR

The Australian Caladrinia
Attila Kapitany
Boronia, Vic. : A. Kapitany, c2011 (The Australian series; v. 1)
A 19 page introduction to this genus of Australian succulent plants, with many colour photographs.
635.93353 KAP

Australian bottle trees and boabs
Attila Kapitany
Boronia, Vic. : A. Kapitany, c2011 (The Australian series; v. 2)
A 39 page introduction to Brachychiton species and Adansonia gregorii, with many colour photographs.
635.93353 KAP

Australian gymea and spear lilies
Attila Kapitany
Boronia, Vic. : A. Kapitany, c2011 (The Australian series; v. 3)
A 19 page introduction to Doryanthes excelsa and D. palmeri , with many colour photographs.
635.93435 KAP

Australian succulent orchids
Attila Kapitany
Boronia, Vic. : A. Kapitany, c2011 (The Australian series; v. 4)
A 19 page introduction to some epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of the east coast of Australia.
635.93353 KAP

Diseases of trees and shrubs
Wayne A Sinclair, Howard H Lyon and Warren T Johnson
Ithaca, NY : Comstock Pub. Associates, 1987
ANBG copy donated by David Young, June 2011
635.977097 SIN

Destination art: land art/site-specific art/sculpture parks, rev. edn
Amy Dempsey
London : Thames & Hudson, 2011
720 DEM

Bushland stories
Amy Eleanor Mack
Sydney : Angus & Robertson, [1921]
Children’s stories with natural history themes, illustrations by Joyce Dennys.
823.2 MAC

Australia ’s Open Gardens 2011-2012: national garden guide
Richmond, Vic. : Hardy Grant Magazines for Open Gardens Australia, 2011
Ref 712.60994 AUS

Outback Australia
Shaen Adey, Jane Burton Taylor
Frenchs Forest, NSW : New Holland, 1998
Photographic images of the outback.
919.4 ADE

Exploration & Endeavour: the Royal Society of London and the South Seas
Michelle Hetherington (principal curator)
Canberra : National Museum of Australia, 2010
This book is the companion to the exhibition of the same name at the National Museum of Australia, 14 September 2010 - 30 January 2011.
919.604 EXP

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

ANBG Volunteer Guides’ meeting minutes 20 Sept 2011
Friends Photographic Group meeting minutes 26 Aug 2011
Growing Friends record of meeting 3 Sept & 1 Oct 2011

Saving the nation’s flora
Article on the work by staff of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, focusing on CPSU delegate Phil Hurle.
The Works / CPSU, Spring 2011, pp. 10-11

Critically endangered tree receives a leg up on Mt Imlay
On the ANBG, NSW NPWS and ANPS project to replant seedlings of the endangered Eucalyptus imlayensis on Mt Imlay. Includes a contribution from ANBG horticulturist Laura Schweickle
Also available at: http://www.naroomanewsonline.com.au/news/local/news/general/critically-endangered-tree-receives-a-leg-up-on-mt-imlay/2308263.aspx
Narooma News Online, 29 Sept 2011

CONFERENCES, COURSES and EVENTS

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Reading the Landscape: Linking Biodiversity, Research and Management
Central West Catchment Management Authority and Biodiversity Conservation Science Section, NSW DECCW
11-13 October 2011
Dubbo, NSW
http://www.biodiversityconference.com.au/home

2011 BGANZ Congress ‘Staying Valuable and Viable’
20-23 October 2011
Albury, NSW
http://www.bganz.org.au/bganzevents

Australian Garden History Society “The Botany Behind Gardens’ Forum & AGM
22 October 2011
School of Botany, University of Melbourne
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au

National Conference on Volunteering 2011 ‘Inspire, Challenge, Influence’
9-11 November 2011
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/conference

Ecology in Changing Landscapes
2011 Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia
21-25 November 2011
Hobart
http://esa2011.org.au

7 th International Association for Lichenology Symposium
9-13 January 2012
Bangkok, Thailand
http://ww.ru.ac.th/lichen/IAL7

Garden Paths
2012 American Public Gardens Association Conference
19-23 June 2012
Columbus, Ohio
http://publicgardens.org/

12 th International Coral Reef Symposium
9-13 July 2012
Cairns, FNQ
http://www.icrs2010.com

Education and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
8 th BGCI International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens
22-28 October 2012
Mexico
http://www.bgci.org/education/mexicoform/