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For many people, the first experience of marine environments is amazement at the bewildering variety of life in the oceans. This book introduces the diversity of life in the seas and to help newcomers to marine biology recognise the main kinds of marine organisms.

(Paperback)

A book on keeping Australian invertebrates that contains descriptions (life-cycle, breeding, feeding) of over 90 species, as well as instructions for housing and caring for your bug.

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(Paperback)

In the Footsteps of Giants, the second in the Museum Victoria Nature series, introduces the reader to the amazing world of Australian megafauna in the Pleistoceine era. Imagine an Australian landscape in which Diprotodon optatum roamed - this rhinoceros-sized diprotodon was probably the largest marsupial ever to exist.

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For most of us, shrimps, prawns and lobsters immediately brings to mind something edible and tasty. Many are small inconspicuous inhabitants living on our shores and in shallow water. This guide includes a description of each animal accompanied by a colour photograph with information about each animal's behaviour, diversity and ecology.

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(Paperback, 2nd ed.)

This fascinating book by anthropologist, Alan West, is an in depth study of the making of bags, nets and cordage and includes detailed diagrams and photographs of weaving techniques from the Indigenous communities on the west and east coasts of Cape York Peninsula.

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This guide covers barnacles of mainly southeastern Australia and begins with information about their biology, habitats and diversity. A description of each animal is accompanied by a colour photograph.

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Will familiarize amateur naturalists, beachcombers, divers and others who have an interest in the marine environment with crabs, hermit crabs and their close relatives.

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For a century, the killer whales of Twofold Bay herded baleen whales towards the harpoons of local whalers, helping them hunt and sharing the rewards. It was a life of industry, adventure and a strange and rare partnership between whale and man. Danielle Clode explores how this relationship between whaler and killer whale developed.

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The story of Phar Lap is known and loved by people of all ages. In this version for children, written by Jackie Kerin, his story is told in the form of a ballad, evoking the magic and charm of traditional storytelling.

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Explores just how life survives the extreme conditions of one of the sensitive and inhospitable parts of the planet, which has for centuries fascinated scientists, explorers, writers and the general public. This title provides an insight into the lives of those living and working in this hostile environment.

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The Human Story is a guide to human ancestors, from the earliest hominins dating back 6 to 7 million years through to our own species, Homo sapiens.

(Paperback, New edition)

(Paperback)

This presents recordings of observations on the life and times of the people to whom the author ministered to, spanning his forty -year life as a missionary to Aboriginal people in Victoria, and of his establishing a Church of England mission in Lake Tyers in 1862.

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Australian dinosaurs described and placed among the far better known species from the western world.

(Hardback)

This publication presents a vivid portait of con- temporary Aboriginal peoples in Australia's Victoria state. OVer 90 images by award winning Koori photographer Ricky Maynard show Aboriginal people in their daily life.

(Hardback)

Melbourne has always grown disproportionately to the east and south-east. Why was the settlement located up the river Why does the city have the shape it does Both the choice of site for initial settlement and the subsequent spread of residential and industrial areas were closely related to specific characteristics of those environments.

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