Australian National Botanic Gardens   LIBRARY BULLETIN

November 2008

(September)

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

BOOKS & PAMPHLETS

The nature of Latrobe: a guide to the parks and reserves in the Latrobe region
Traralgon, Vic. : Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club, 2007
333.783099456 NAT

The botany, forestry and zoology of the Australian Capital Territory on an ecological basis
L.D. Pryor
Canberra : Govt Printer, [1939]
31 p. booklet with folded colour map.
P 577.09947 PRY

Systematics and taxonomy: follow-up : report with evidence
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on Science and Technology
London : Stationery Office, 2008
578.012 GRE

Handbook of the lichens of the USSR 5, Cladoniaceae – Acarosporaceae
N.S. Golubkova, V.P. Savicz, H.H. Trass
Leningrad : Academy of Sciences of the USSR., 1978
579.70947 HAN

The foliicolous lichens of Japan
Goran Thor, Robert Lucking and Tatsuo Matsumoto
Uppsala : Uppsala University, 2000
579.70952 THO

Sowing a seed: art inspired by the Herbarium
Nicole Middleton and Sophine Chai, text
[Parkville, Vic.]: University of Melbourne, 2008
Catalogue for an exhibition from the University of Melbourne Herbarium. Held in the Leigh Scott Gallery, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, 15 September to 23 November 2008.
580.74099451 MID

Wiradjuri plant use in the Murrumbidgee catchment
Alice Williams and Tim Sides
Wagga Wagga : Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, 2008
581.63099448 WIL

Grasses, gums & groundcovers: a field guide to the common native plants of the northern agricultural districts of South Australia
Clare, SA : Mid North Grasslands Working Group, [?2006]
581.994232 GRA

A field guide to plants of the Barkly region Northern Territory
Jenny Purdie, Chris Materne, Andrew Bibb
Tennant Creek, N.T. : Barkly Landcare and Conservation Association, 2008
581.994295 PUR

Woodland to weeds: southern Queensland brigalow belt, 2 nd ed.
Nita C Lester
Brisbane: Copyright Publishing, 2008
536 page plant identification guide.
581.99433 LES

Macedon Range flora. 1. A photographic guide to the flora of Barrm Birrm, Riddells Creek
Russell Best & David Francis
[Riddells Creek, Vic.]: Riddells Creek Landcare, 2008
581.99452 BES

Coastal plants of the Bellarine Peninsula
[Vic.]: Swan Bay Integrated Catchment Management Project, 2006
59 p. booklet with colour photographs and descriptive notes on plants of this region in Victoria.
P 581.99452 COA

Inland plants of the Bellarine Peninsula
[Vic.]: Swan Bay Integrated Catchment Management Project, 2006
59 p. booklet with colour photographs and descriptive notes.
P 581.99452 INL

Floodplain woodland plants of north east Victoria: identification of native and weeds and practical weed management for bush regeneration projects
Helen Curtis and Peter Curtis
Wangaratta, Vic. : Wangaratta Urban Landcare Group, 2008
581.99455 CUR

Banksias
Kevin Collins, Kathy Collins & Alex George
Melbourne : Bloomings Books, 2008
Updates ‘The Banksia Book’ and includes current knowledge on all 78 species.
583.890994 COL

The timbers and forest products of Queensland
E.H.F. Swain
Brisbane : Govt. Printer, 1928
634.9809943 SWA

Lost gardens of Sydney
Colleen Morris
Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2008
Published in association with an exhibition at the Museum of Sydney, 9 August – 30 November 2008. Portrays some Sydney gardens that are lost or substantially gone.
712.6099441 MOR

RARE BOOKS COLLECTION

Wild flowers of Greece
Painted by Niki A. Goulandris; text by Constantine N. Goulimis; edited by WT Stearn
Kifissia : Gou,andris Botanical Museum, 1968
Rare F 582.1309495 GOU

AUDIOVISUAL – CDs and DVDs

World heritage rainforests of northern NSW [DVD]
Sorrel Wilby, presenter
Sydney : Australian Geographic, 2008
AV 333.783099443 WOR

ANNUAL REPORTS

Director of National Parks 2007/08
Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2007/08

ANBG Annual Report extract or PDF

STAFF PUBLICATIONS

Carmen, P 2008 ‘Developing a low-risk, recyclable cutting medium, International Plant Propagators’ Society Combined Proceedings, vol. 57 [2007], pp. 202-205.

Carmen, P & Corsini, B 2008 ‘Top wedge grafting eremophilas, International Plant Propagators’ Society Combined Proceedings, vol. 57 [2007], pp. 230-233.

 BIOGRAPHICAL FILES

Adventures in Kew / Jim Scanlon, Northern Daily Leader , 25/10/2008, p. 37
UNE Botanist Jeremy Bruhl has returned after a year long appointment as Australian Botanical Liaison Officer (ABLO) based at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

 PRESS CLIPS

Grant aids Botanic Gardens / Denise Gadd, The Age, 19/11/2008, p. 5
The Myer Foundation has granted $1 million to the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne for an irrigation system for the Gardens and environs, including Government House and the Domain parklands.

Green issues leave students colour blind / Caroline Milburn, The Age , 17/11/2008, p. 3
A survey by the Program for International Student Assessment finds that Australian teenagers are far less likely than their peers in many other countries to support policy and lifestyle changes to improve the environment.

Treasure trove of SA’s cultural 1881 heritage / Clare Peddie, Adelaide Advertiser , 18/10/08, p. 53
The Museum of Economic Botany at the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide is being restored.

 CONFERENCES, COURSES and EVENTS

* Indicates a new listing

* Alpine Ecology Course 2009
16-20 February 2009
Bogong High Plains and Falls Creek Resort
alpine.ecology@latrobe.edu.au

Ingredients for a Brighter Future.
Nursery & Garden Industry National Conference and Exhibition 09
18-19 February 2009
National Convention Centre, Canberra

 * Minding our own Biodiversity: Conservation on Private Land
2 nd National Forum, Australian Network for Plant Conservation
30 April – 1 May 2009
Halls Gap, The Grampians, Vic
http://www.anpc.asn.au/conferences.html

The Global Garden, APGA Conference
23-27 June 2009
St Louis, Missouri
http://www.publicgardens.org

* Charles Darwin University Symposium
22-24 September 2009
Darwin Convention Centre, NT
http://www.cdu.edu.au/cdss