New in the ANBG Library & Archive

January 2012

last issue: November 2011

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

Australia: state of the environment 2011 in brief
State of the Environment 2011 Committee
Canberra : Dept of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 2011
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/soe
333.72160994 AUS

Understanding our native grasslands: agricultural, environmental and indigenous values and management for the future
Eco Logical Australia
Parramatta, NSW : Natural Resources Advisory Council, 2010
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.nrac.nsw.gov.au/projects/pdf/Understanding%20Our%20Native%20Grasslands.pdf
333.741609944 UND

Close to nature: a naturalist’s diary of a year in the bush
John Landy
South Yarra, Vic : Currey O’Neil, 1985
Covers the country between the Murray River in northeast Victoria to the NSW high plains near Cabramurra and Kiandra.
ANBG copy donated by David Young, June 2011.
508.9455 LAN

Naming nature: the clash between instinct and science
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
New York : WW Norton & Co., 2009
570.14 YOO

Nationally threatened ecological communities of the Victorian volcanic plain: natural temperate grassland & grassy eucalypt woodland
Canberra : Dept of Sustainability, Environment, Water. Population and Communities, 2011
A guide to the identification, assessment and management of nationally threatened ecological communities.
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/pubs/grasslands-victoria.pdf
P 577.4099452 NAT

Stromatolites, rev. edn
Ken McNamara
Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum, 1997
579.3909941 MCM

Leaves: the formation, characteristics and uses of hundreds of leaves found in all parts of the world
Kjell B. Sandved, Ghillean Tolmie Prance
London : Thames & Hudson, 1985
ANBG copy donated by David Young, June 2011
581.48 SAN

Under the boardwalk: plants of the Merimbula Lake saltmarsh
Paul McPherson
Bega : Bega Valley Shire Council, 2011.
Pamphlet with colour photographs.
P 581.769099447 UND

Encyclopedia of tropical plants: identification and cultivation of over 3000 tropical plants
Ahmed Fayaz
Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2011
REF 581.90913 FAY

Plants of Capricornia, updated edn
Rhonda Melzer and Joel Plumb
Rockhampton, Qld : Belgamba, 2011
581.99436 MEL

Norfolk Island’s fascinating flora
Peter Coyne
Belconnen, ACT : Petaurus Press, 2011
Both a field guide and a source of information on the cultural use of Norfolk Island plants.
581.99482 COY

Wildflowers of the Pilliga
Anthony O’Halloran
Binnaway, NSW : Bilby Blooms, 2011
28 page photographic guide.
582.13099444 OHA

A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia
Andrew Brown and Bevan Buirchell
Hamilton Hill, WA : Simon Nevill, 2011
583.9509941 BRO

Grasses of the Northern Territory savannas: a field guide
Sam Crowder & Boronia Saggers
Darwin, NT : Greening Australia (NT), 2010
584.9099429 CRO

Check-list of the hornworts, liverworts and mosses of Italy
Michele Aleffi, Roberta Tacchi & Carmela Cortini Pedrotti (eds.)
Palermo : Herbarium Mediterraneum Panormitanum, 2008 (Bocconea: 22)
588.0945 CHE

Zoology of New Holland
George Shaw, figures by James Sowerby; introductions by Valmai Hankel and Ed McAlister
Adelaide : Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1998
Facsimile reprint. Originally published: London : J. Sowerby, 1794
This was the first book about Australian animals, and includes the first descriptions of two animals: the red-bellied black snake and the pygmy possum.
591.994 SHA

Reptiles & frogs of the Australian Capital Territory, rev. edn
Ross Bennett
Canberra : National Parks Association of the ACT, 2011
597.909947 BEN

Allergic rhinitis (‘hay fever’) in Australia
Eric Henry et al.
Canberra : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737420595&tab=2
P 616.202 ALL

Across the top: gardening with Australian plants in the tropics, rev. edn
Keith Townsend
Aitkenvale, Qld : Society for Growing Australian Plants, Townsville Branch, 2008
635.9519436 TOW

The Timber Press guide to succulent plants of the world: a comprehensive reference to more than 2000 species
Fred Dortort
Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2011
635.9525 DOR

How to write and talk to selection criteria: improving your chances of winning a job, 5th edn
Ann Villiers
Hawker, ACT : Mental Nutrition, 2011
650.14 VIL

Futurescapes: designers for tomorrow’s outdoor spaces
Tim Richardson
London : Thames & Hudson, 2011
Profiles of 50 landscape companies from around the world.
712 RIC

May Gibbs: more than a fairy tale: an artistic life
Robert Holden & Jane Brummitt
Melbourne : Hardie Grant Books, 2011
823.2 GIB

Understanding the scenery: Morton National Park and the coast from Nowra to Batemans Bay
Bob & Ann Young
Canterbury, NSW : Envirobook, 2007
Explains how the landscape has formed, and how it reflects the geology, erosion and catastrophic events such as tsunami.
919.446 YOU

Keys to Canberra’s history
Canberra : Chief Ministers Dept, 2009
Series of 5 booklets released to commemorate the Centenary of Canberra, 1913-2013.
: Think of it ! Dream it ! How Canberra and its rival sites battled to be chosen as Australia’s federal city / Ian Warden – Maps and makers / Greg Wood – Crystal Palace to Golden Trowels / David Headon – The community that was / Greg Wood – Those other Americans / David Headon.
919.47 KEY

THESES

The development of a natural disaster planning template for use in plant collections management
Jacqueline M Bergquist
Thesis (M.Sc. in Public Horticulture), University of Delaware, 2009
Rare Thesis BERGQUIST

CDs, DVDs

South Australia’s native orchids
R.J. Bates
Adelaide : Native Orchid Society of South Australia, 2011
CD 584.4099423 BAT

REPRINTS AND VERTICAL FILE

A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)
Lachlan M Copeland, Lyn A Craven and Jeremy J Bruhl; line drawings by Ian Telford
Austraian Systematic Botany, vol. 24, 2011, pp. 351-374
Also available to DSEWPaC staff via the Intranet at:http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=SB11015.pdf

A test of biotic interactions among two alpine plant species in Australia
Frith C Jarrad, Terry Walshe, Yung En Chee and Mark A Burgman
Austral Ecology, vol. 37, 2012, pp. 90-96
Also available to DSEWPAC staff via the Intranet at: http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4688AC967F8C44767D1F

Invasion hotspots for non-native plants in Australia under current and future climates
Jessica O’Donnell et al.
Global Change Biology, vol. 18, 2012, pp. 617-629

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

ANBG Volunteer Guides’ meeting minutes 20 December 2011, 17 January 2012

Growing Friends record of meeting 3 December 2011

Mackay plants in the National Botanic Gardens
Toby Golson
The Graptophyllum: SGAP (Qld Region) Mackay Branch Newsletter, no. 242, Feb 2012, pp. 6-7