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Australia References

This page is designed to aid in additional research that you might feel like conducting on these topics.  It is not designed to be all inclusive or to say that we support these pages or the information in them.  You will find book references as well as web page ones.  Enjoy!

Catagories:

Animals:

• If you are curious about what several native animals look like this site has pictures.  It also offers a short description of the animals.
• For a detailed description and some excellent information about Tasmania's diverse fauna try this site.
• Birds!!!  Everything you wanted to know about Tasmanian birds can be found at this site.
• Pictures of Tasmanian Birds are numerous at this site.  They have a name below each picture, but not other information is provided.
• Snakes!!!  If you need information on poisonous snakes this page has it all!
• This site talks about one of the programs that is being proposed to relocate Koalas from Kangaroo Island to the mainland of Australia

ANZAC's Day:

• Surf this site to learn about the history of the ANZAC forces in World War One.

Culture:

• If cultural information is what you are looking for this page is a good place to start.   It mainly talks about the arts.

Botanical Gardens:

• If you are looking for pretty pictures of plants or animals in Australia this site has that to offer.
• This site offers fairly extensive information on growing Australian plants, as well as a free online magazine.
• This page offers a "cumulative glossary for vascular plants".
• For lots of very informative information on Australian plants this site is a must.  It has detailed drawings and descriptions, in easy to understand language.

Flora:

• This site is an online magazine with excellent information for those looking to gather technical information about Native Australian plants.
• For detailed information about the different species of Native Australian plants this site is a must see.  It contains detailed drawings of the plants with clear labels.
• If you are looking for in depth information on botanical gardens and plant species then try this site.

Sharks:

Great White Sharks:

• This site offers an informative historical overview of the Great White Shark, it's myths and very real danger of extinction.
• If you are looking for general information and some graphic pictures this site offers that and more about shark attacks.

Sharks:

• For full color pictures and detailed information about a large number of sharks, this site is great!
• If you are looking for a very down to earth, informative page about sharks this page will do it.
• This site offers drawings of various different sharks and their teeth types, along with general information about them.
• For statistics on the sightings of Megamouth Sharks, this site is good.
  

Great Barrier Reef and it's animals/plant:

Chambered Nautilus:

• In Search of Nautilus: Three Centuries of Scientific adventures in the deep Pacific to capture a prehistoric-living-fossil. by Peter D. Ward. Simon and Schuster, Inc.:NY, 1988. Very thorough book about the history of scientific sea exploration, evolution, and the chambered nautilus. This is a very readable book, written for adults, but very readable.

Marine Biology:

• This site offers a wide range of information about Marine Biology.
• The Great Barrier Reef: The World’s Wild Places. By Craig McGregor. Time-Life Books: Amsterdam, 1974. This is a good description of the Great Barrier Reef.  The photographs are outstanding and the content is very well written.
• Water Ecology by Jennifer Cochrane. The Bookwright Press: NY, 1987. For young readers. Has some ecology projects which use build your own equipment.  Looks at reef ecology.

Plankton:

• Although this site is talking about plankton in  Florida coastal waters, not Australia, it is an excellent source of information.
• Plankton: Drifting life of the waters. by Julian May, Holiday House: New York, 1972. Children’s book. This is good Jr. High material. The writing style is quite young.

Reefs:

• Information about 1998 as International Year of the Ocean, as well as general information about out oceans is available at this site.
• This site gives an overview of coral forests.  It also contains teachers reasources.
• NOAA talks about the oceans in general and reefs in specific at this site.
• This site has information about coral bleaching, along with tracking statistics around the world.
• Everything that a layman needs to know about coral reefs, their ecology and the dangers to the reefs is contained in these pages.