Australian National Botanic Gardens   LIBRARY BULLETIN

August 2009

last month: July

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

Strategic plan : directions to 2014 : protecting and enhancing Australia’s environment, heritage and culture
[ Canberra] : Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2009
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/about/publications/strategic-plan.html
P 333.720994 AUS

Implications of climate change for Australia’s world heritage properties : a preliminary assessment
ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society.
Canberra : DEWHA, 2009

"Report to the Dept of Climate Change and the Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts by the Fenner School of Environment and Society."
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/publications/climatechange/pubs/worldheritage-climatechange.pdf
333.720994 IMP

Australia ’s strategy for the National Reserve System 2009-2030
[ Canberra]: Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2009
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.parksaustralia.gov.au/publications/nrs/nrsstrat.html
P 333.780994 AUS

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park draft management plan 2009-2019
Darwin : Director of National Parks, 2009
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru/
Comments must be sent by Friday 4 September 2009
333.7830994291 ULU

Get out there : a guide to the Australian Capital Territory’s Parks and Open Space System
Lyneham, ACT : Parks, Conservation and Lands, 2009
333.78309947 GET

Australia ’s biodiversity and climate change : a strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia’s biodiversity to climate change
Biodiversity and Climate Change Expert Advisory Group
[ Canberra]: Dept of Climate Change, 2009
Currently available only as nonprintable pdf via the Internet at: http://www.climatechange.gov.au/impacts/pubs/biodiversity-vulnerability-assessment.pdf

Australia ’s biodiversity and climate change : a strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia’s biodiversity to climate change : summary for policy makers 2009
Biodiversity and Climate Change Expert Advisory Group
[ Canberra]: Dept of Climate Change, 2009
Summary of main report
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.climatechange.gov.au/impacts/pubs/summary-policy-makers.pdf
P 333.950994 AUS

Australia ’s biodiversity and climate change : a strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia’s biodiversity to climate change : technical synthesis
Biodiversity and Climate Change Expert Advisory Group
[ Canberra]: Dept of Climate Change, 2009
Technical synthesis of the main report.
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.climatechange.gov.au/impacts/pubs/technical-synthesis.pdf
P 333.950994 AUS

Independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act : interim report
Canberra : Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, [2009]
Review being undertaken by Dr Allan Hawke supported by a panel.
Also available via the Internet at : http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/review/publications/interim-report.html
344.94046 IND

Review of the national standards for involving volunteers in not for profit organisations . Phase One: Initial consultation
National Volunteer Skills Centre Project
Melbourne : Volunteering Australia, 2009
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/files/2FY0LN7RZN/Review_of_the_National_Standards_Sector_Report_public.pdf
P 361.7630994 REV

WSAA report card 2008-2009 : performance of the Australian urban water industry and projections for the future
[ Melbourne]: Water Services Association of Australia, 2009
Also available via the Internet at: https://www.wsaa.asn.au/Publications/Documents/WSAA%20Report%20Card%202008-09.pdf
P 363.610994 WSA

The flaming desert : arid Australia – a fire shaped landscape
Peter Latz
Alice Springs, NT : The Author, 2007
Chapter1. A flaming desert -- Ch.2. Spinifex -- Ch.3. Fire sensitive plants -- Ch.4. Fire and the red devil -- Ch.5. The changing desert landscape -- Ch.6. Fire and river systems -- Ch.7. Fire in some other parts of Australia -- Ch. 8. Animals and fire -- Ch.9. Aborigines and fire -- Ch. 10. When, how and where -- Ch. 11. Fire and the future.
577.2409942 LAT

Report on ACT lowland native grassland investigation
Maxine Cooper
[ Canberra : Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment], 2009
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environmentcommissioner.act.gov.au/investigations_and_consultation/investigation
577.40994 COO

A joy forever : the story of Kings Park & Botanic Garden
Dorothy Erickson
West Perth : Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority, 2009
Illustrated history, 359 pp.
580.739411 ERI

Local plants : a guide to the more common indigenous plant species found in the Mansfield district
Geoff Boyes
[ Mansfield, Vic.]: Upper Goulburn Landcare Network, 2006
581.99455 BOY

Nature revealed : an artist’s view of the wildflowers of South Australia
Jan Woodman
Adelaide : Board of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium, 2008
Chiefly water colour paintings.
582.13099423 WOO

Banksias : a field and garden guide, 3 rd rev. ed.
Ivan Holliday, Geoffrey Dutton
Adelaide : Australian Plants Society (SA Region), 2008
583.890994 HOL

Field guide to the frogs of Australia
Michael J Tyler and Frank Knight
Collingwood, Vic : CSIRO Publishing, 2009
597.890994 TYL

Plant protection 1. Pests, diseases and weeds, 3 rd ed.
Ruth M Kerruish, Phillip W Unger
Hughes, ACT : RootRot Press, 2003
Insects & allied pests -- Snails & slugs -- Vertebrate pests -- Nematode diseases -- Virus & virus-like diseases -- Bacterial diseases -- Fungal diseases -- Parasitic flowering plants -- Non-parasitic pests and diseases -- Weeds.
632.90994 KER

The zealous conservator : a life of Charles Lane Poole
John Dargavel
Crawley, WA : University of Western Australia Press, 2008
634.9092 LAN

Nursery trade register 2009-10
Epping, NSW : Nursery & Garden Industry Australia, 2009
Ref 635 NUR

Plants for Australian dry gardens : water-efficient plants for drought-proofing gardening
Marcelle Nankervis
Millers Point, NSW : Murdoch Books, 2009
635.95250994 NAN

Timber : nomenclature : Australia, New Zealand and imported species
Sydney : Standards Australia International, 2001 (Australian/New Zealand Standard 1148: 2001)
Includes scientific and common names.
674.0994 STA

Australia ’s Open Garden Scheme : guide to 600+ outstanding gardens 2009-2010
Prahran, Vic. : AOGS, 2009
Ref 712.60994 AUS

Eucalyptus
Murray Bail
Melbourne : Text Publishing, 1998
A novel revolving around eucalyptus trees.
823.3 BAI

RARE BOOK COLLECTION

Pictures of Australian buttercups : watercolours
Frank Shepherd
Unpublished manuscript including original artworks.
Art – Shepherd

REPRINTS AND VERTICAL FILE

Australia ’s cultural institutions and the efficiency dividend: not a pretty picture
Kristin van Barneveld
Public Space : the Journal of Law and Social Justice, vol. 3, 2009, pp. 1-28
Also available via the internet at: http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/publicspace

Climate change, conservation and management: an assessment of the peer-reviewed scientific journal literature
Adam Felton … et al.
Biodiversity & Conservation, vol. 18, 2009, pp. 2243-2253.
Also available to DEWHA staff via the Intranet at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/7w562lt551765781/?p=098bc215d2e64036b2eb31574ff269ba&pi=16

Acacia – building the case to overturn the Vienna 2005 decision to retypify the genus with an Australian species
Copy of email from Sebsebe Demissew to HERBARIA mailing list, 18 August 2009.
Email plus paper by G. Moore and list of institutional votes for the XVII IBC, Vienna, 2005.

The handling of the proposal to conserve the name Acacia at the 17 th International Botanical Congress – an attempt at minority rule
G. Moore
Bothalia, vol. 37, no.1, 2007, pp. 109-118.

STAFF PUBLICATIONS

ABRS report
Cameron Slatyer and Annette Wilson
Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, no. 139, June 2009, pp. 14-15.

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

Report of the review of the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, June 2009.
[Canberra : CPBR];2009
Also available (to staff only) at: http://www.cpbr.gov.au/internal/CPBR-Review/
Archive – CPBR

Report on staff responses to Centre review survey 2009
John Hook, Chris Howard, Cathy Miller, Anna Monro
[ Canberra]: CPBR, 2009
Archive - CPBR

Australian National Botanic Gardens : Australia’s plants, Australia’s garden
Canberra : ANBG, 2009
Promotional pamphlet
Archive 2009/06

[Nursery propagation information, 1960-1976]
Lists of Nursery propagating material collected on field trips, ordered and/or obtained from other botanic gardens, nurseries and individuals. Typed and hand-written, arranged in chronological order. This material may include the only records on the origin of plants which came directly to the Nursery without Herbarium vouchers.
Archive Box

The Propagation register
Arthur Court
1980 ?
Background and procedures, 4 p.
Archive 80/15

CONFERENCES, COURSES and EVENTS

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18 th Australian Orchid Council Conference and Show
8-13 September 2009
Wyndham Events Centre, Werribee, Vic
http://www.mosorchid.org/AOCConf2009.php

Australian Landscape Conference 2009: Designing the Liveable Landscape
11-15 September 2009
Camberwell Centre, Camberwell, Vic
http://www.landscapeconference.com

Parks & Leisure Australia 2009 National Conference “Making Connections in the Top End”
13-16 September 2009
Holiday Inn, Esplanade, Darwin
http://www.placonference.com.au/

# CERF Conference 2009
15-16 September 2009
Academy of Science, Canberra
Contact: CERF team ph 6274 2676

2009 American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting & Expo
“Beyond Sustainability : Regenerating Places and People”
18-21 September 2009
Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, Chicago
http://www.asla.org/2009meeting

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

Australian Plants in the 21 st Century
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants Conference and Seminar
26 Sept – 2 October 2009
Convenor: Paul Kennedy, PO Box 220, Strathmerton VIC 3641
Ph (03) 5874 5239
Email hakeaholic@aapt.net.au

Plan(e)t Priority : Regional Reality.
2009 Botanic Gardens of Australia and New Zealand (BGANZ) Congress
8-11 October 2009
Mackay, Qld
http://www.bganz.org.au/congress.html

Cultivating Australia Felix: the Pastoral Legacy
Australian Garden History Society 30 th Annual National Conference
16-18 October 2009
Geelong Conference Centre, Geelong, Vic
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au

Action Learning: Places, Spaces and Partnerships for Biodiversity and Human Well-Being.
BGCI’s 7 th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens
1-6 November 2009
Durban Botanic Gardens, South Africa
http://www.ebg2009.org.za

Australasian Conference of Voluntary Guides in Botanic Gardens
9-13 November 2009
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
http://www.friendsanbg.org.au/rtbgbrochure.doc

Managing Biodiversity in a Time of Global Change
Society for Conservation Biology - Oceania Section Meeting
30 November - 3 December 2009
University of Tasmania, Hobart
http://www.cdesign.com.au/scboceania2009/

Systematic Botany: From Science to Society. Australian Systematic Botanic Society 2009 Conference and Workshop on national accreditation of providers of biological information.
1–Dec 2009
University of New England, Armidale, NSW
http://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/conferences/2009-UNE/index.html

Safeguarding Agriculture and the Environment
Global Biosecurity 2010 Conference

28 February – 3 March 2010
Brisbane
http://www.globalbiosecurity2010.com

Addressing Global Change: a New Agenda for Botanic Gardens
4 th BGCI Global Botanic Gardens Congress
13-18 June 2010
Dublin, Ireland
www.4GBGC.com

29 th International Seed Testing Congress
16-18 June 2010
Cologne, Germany
Call for papers http://www.ista-cologne2010.de

8 th International Flora Malesiana Symposium
23-27 August 2010
Singapore Botanic Gardens
http://www.sbg.org/fm8

XVIII International Botanical Congress
24-30 July 2011
Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
http://www.ibc2011.com/