Kangaroo

A portrait of an extraordinary marsupial

Like the Sydney Opera House or Uluru, the kangaroo is a unique symbol of Australia. This is the remarkable story of our most famous marsupial, from its ancient origins and prehistoric significance to current-day management and conservation.

Leonard Cronin. 

Packed with information about our native mammals. Outstanding colour illustrations, distributuion maps and clear, informative descriptions including behaviour, development, feeding, traces, habitat and species status. A unique, easy to use visual key makes identification fast and simple.

Leonard Cronin. 

Visual guide to identifying Australian reptiles & amphibians

Leonard Cronin.

An indispensable guide to Australian wildlife with plants and animals from the coral reefs to deserts.

• Over 600 illustrated images
• Distribution maps
• Comprehensive descriptions
• Information on where they live or grow

Louise Egerton. 

Narrows the field of Australia's best known birds down to 80, those you are most likely to see around our towns and cities. 176 pp.

Ann Moyal. 

The extraordinary story of how a curious creature baffled the world. The Platypus has been described as an animal made up of the spare parts left over when the world was created. This secretive, elusive and beguiling creature continues to captivate our curiosity. 

Jim Flegg.

This is a bird identification guide with a difference. Instead of using colour plates of paintings, Photographic Field Guide: Birds of Australia features photographs. Photographs of living birds can often provide detail not available in paintings, such as typical poses, real habitat and often more realistic colouring. A map shows each species' distribution in and around Australia and the text gives details of size, colour, shape, behaviour, calls and habitat. The at-a-glance symbols at the end of each entry indicate major habitat types. This second edition has updated maps, general text information and common Latin names.

Peter Rowland-The Australain Museum.

• Compact easy to use format, the ideal pocket sized travelling companion
• Text describing key identification features
• Full colour photos of each of the 251 species covered.
• Thumbnail outlines of each family group for quick identification. 144 pp.

Ronald Strahan - Australian Museum.  

• Compact easy to use format, the ideal pocket sized travelling companion
• Text describing key identification features
• Full colour photos of each of the 168 species covered.
• Thumbnail outlines of each family group for quick identification.

Gerry Swan-The Australian Museum.

• Compact easy to use format, the ideal pocket sized travelling companion
• Text describing key identification features
• Full colour photos of each of the 223 species covered.
• Thumbnail outlines of each family group for quick identification.