Irreplaceable petroglyphs of Murujuga/the Burrup: a step closer to World Heritage protection Murujuga / the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha in Western Australia’s Pilbara, contains the world’s oldest and largest rock art precinct, with an estimated one million ancient petroglyphs (rock carvings) across the Dampier Archipelago. There are many different styles ...
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Perth NRM and Birdlife Australia have joined forces to develop a new website to get Perth residents to begin rewilding their gardens to encourage the return of native flora, fauna (particularly birds!) and important pollinators throughout the urban and peri-urban environment. The ReWild Perth website will allow users to register ...
Read more →SECOND EDITION Paperback | May 2019 | $ 45.00ISBN: 9781486307241 | 280 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour plates, Illustrations, Photographs ePDF | May 2019ISBN: 9781486307258Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers The first edition of Kaplan’s book, published in 2004, was based on ten years of her research on Australia’s ...
Read more →SECOND EDITION Paperback | October 2019 | $ 59.99ISBN: 9781486310937 | 224 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour photographs, Colour plates, Maps ePDF | October 2019ISBN: 9781486310944Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers This book contains all the information you ever wanted to know about Southern Australian mistletoes. It is well ...
Read more →Paperback | October 2019 | $ 29.99ISBN: 9781486308057 | 104 pages | 250 x 215 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour illustrations, Colour photographs ePDF | October 2019ISBN: 9781486308064Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers A Hollow is a Home is a bright and engaging book that teaches children about many aspects of nature and ecology, ...
Read more →Our Club’s scientific journal is now available online, including the very first years’ issues. This will make data contained in the journal available to a much wider audience than ever before. The Biodiversity Heritage Library at Museums Victoria has now finished scanning all volumes of The Western Australian Naturalist, up ...
Read more →The Cocanarup Timber Reserve is 15 km south-west of Ravensthorpe and encompasses 9000 ha of native vegetation, including approximately 1000 ha of mature salmon gum woodland. It lies at the heart of a wider surrounding area of 65,000 ha of bushland stretching south to the Fitzgerald River National Park and ...
Read more →ADVERTISEMENT 11kms East of Merredin. 1km from Great Eastern Hwy. 200ha for cropping/stock, lease options. Mains water connected. Large open shed and holding yards 120ha fenced beautiful native bushland. Connects to 700ha of DBCA Nature Reserve on two sides and Old Standard Gauge Rail Reserve on north side Flora/wildflowers: 210 ...
Read more →The DRB Nats were delighted to welcome Tim Clifford, The Greens (WA) MLC for the East Metropolitan region, at our DRB Nats meeting on 11th October for our first ever night at Woodlupine Hall in Forrestfield. Tim presented the club with a sophisticated stereo-microscope and five hand lenses. These will ...
Read more →The Darling Range Branch have just won a $1000 grant from Bankwest in a community grants competition. They beat over 30 other community groups for the grant and thank everyone who voted for them. The BankWest community grant was specifically awarded to enable the DRB Nats to purchase better camera ...
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