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This work is a resource for pastoral managers and rangeland advisors in managing vegetation and land-use issues. This revised edition includes changes to 50 plant names, and also updates the introductory sections about the Kimberley region and the principles of rangeland management.

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If Australians, Canadians and Americans are, like Britons, living under 'elective dictatorships', then how can their elected single-party 'government machines' be kept in check That is the key question examined in this book.

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This guide to the natural history of Australian granites considers their history, biology, beauty and recreational potential. It covers the importance of protecting their ecosystems, and how unusual they are as habitats for plants and animals.

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This work covers the exploitation of European and Aboriginal children by the settler elite of 19th-century Western Australia. It shows how concern over "the problem" of children of mixed descent in the last decade of the 19th century was to provide the rationale for infamous 20th century solutions.

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Navigate the complex world of bugs, the ones that make us sick and the ones that play a helpful role, with this comprehensive and entertaining guide to all things bacterial, viral and parasitic.

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Parents who decide to treat their children with ADHD medications and who welcome changes in their child's behaviour, have a heavy emotional investment in believing they are helping their children. But there have been concerns about possible misdiagnosis and over-prescription of ADHD medications. This book tackles both sides of the issue.

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Berlin, New Years Eve. A young architect abandons the apocalyptic heat of a Melbourne summer for the streets his grandfather once walked. Barely off the train, a blind woman invites him to play a game. The Spiel has begun.

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The dictum goes: Go to the bars of a place to understand its living. Go to the museums to understand its dead. When Fiona McGregor, writer and performance artist, travelled to Poland in 2006 as a festival participant, it was her first visit to Eastern Europe.

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This is the Kimberley at its most beautiful, from the teeming bird life at Roebuck Bay, Broome, to elusive desert animals; from cascading waterfalls and tangled vine thickets to wide savannah plains, you've never seen the Kimberley like this.

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A social history of prostitution in Kalgoorlie, where the local brothels and the police station have shared the same street for more than a century.

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Jo narrates the story of her strong, passionate mother, Willa, whose gradual slide into dementia shifts them into a new and difficult relationship. Infused with abundant warmth and wry humour, The Seamstress is a memorable tale of friendship and love between women.

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Takes readers on a journey, in words, maps and stunning photographs, through the diverse landscapes of Western Australia's south-west corner from Mandurah to Albany.

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Takes readers on a journey, in words, maps and stunning photographs, through the diverse landscapes of Western Australia's south-west corner from Mandurah to Albany.

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Padma Viswanathan takes us deep inside the private lives of a Brahmin family as the subcontinent moves through sixty years of intense social and political change. At the novel's heart is Sivakami, a captivating girl-child married at ten to an astrologer and village healer who is drawn to her despite his horoscope, which foretells an early death.

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For 90 years, the Government Railway Workshops at Midland were the largest Industrial workshops in Western Australia, training tradesmen to build and repair locomotive engines and rolling stock, and maintain the States railway network that was at the heart of its economic development. This title records the history of this industrial facility.

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Theo & Co. covers all aspects of pizza making, from the raw ingredients and the fine art of dough to the decadent and delicious finished pizzas. Step-by-step instructions, effective tips and stunning photos make it possible for us all to be master pizza chefs in our own home.

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Makes a substantial contribution to multicultural and migrant writing. From humble, self-published memoirs by amateur chroniclers to celebrated releases by high-profile authors, this title interweaves events and attitudes, literary theory and narrative forms to address important and often moving topics such as Holocaust memory, and more.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-331) and index.