NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection from Lawrence Jones

Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press, 2005. 221pp. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to covers. Two brothers from a pioneering pastoralist family in the Kimberley pioneer the fight against land degradation andthe new struggle for ecologically sustainable development in the 1940s. A though provoking sequel to Mary Durack's Kings in Grass Castles.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Queensland Museum Network, 2021. vi, 245pp, index, further reading, map, 400+ col & some bw ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. As new. Eungella, in the hinterland of Mackay, lies within the longest continuous strtch of rainforest in Australia outside the wet tropics of north Queensland. More than 30 authors-experts in their respective fields of botany, zoology, geology, ecology,… Read more about this item

Nerang, Qld: Petaurus Publishing, 2002. 85pp, bw ills. Pictorial card. Moderate edge wear to covers, bottom front corner creased. SIGNED and inscribed (To Steve) by compiler (David Fleahy's daughter) on title page. David Fleahy, first to breed the platypus in captiviy and pioneering Australian conservationist, has his writings on Australia's largest raptor compiled in this volume by his daughter.. Signed… Read more about this item

Sydney: UNSW, 1995. ix, 160pp, index, bibliography, endnotes. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to cover, very light foxing to page edges. For 50000 years before white settlement the Aboriginal people were an integral part of the Australian environment. They harvested the land and changed the environment to suit themselves. Fire was their tool for doing this. . First Edition. Soft… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Rural Environment Planning Association Inc, 1994. iv, 150pp, index, further reading, line drawings, map. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to cover, prev owner name on title page. Advice on selecting, l=planting and caring for plants which occur naturally in the semi-rural district of Brookfield, Pullenvale and Moggill in Brisbane. The major part of the book provides illustrations and descriptions… Read more about this item

Como, WA: Department of conservation and Land Management, 1992. x, 188pp, appendices, references, map, col ills, line drawings. Pictorial card. Crease to front cover and bottom rear corner. The ecology, use and conservation of the Karri forrest of southern Western Australia.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Crawley, W.A.: UWA Publishing, 2021. xv, 291pp, 242 col ills at rear and more in text. Pictorial card. As new. Explore the nature along the Bibbulmun Track stretching from Kalamunda in the north to Albany in the south (Western Australia). Documents the plants and animals to be found in the Noongar season of kambarang and birak, from November to January,… Read more about this item

Sydney: UNSW, 2005. x, 341pp, index, references, bw ills, maps, tables/graphs. Pictorial card. Moderate edge wear, covers creased, several page corners creased, prev owner name on half title page. 24 contributors introduce marine ecology for those studying and involved in biology, zoology, ecology, environmental science, natural resources management, marine science and fisheries programs. Illustrates the patterns and processes affecting coastal… Read more about this item

St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1985. xxvi, 211pp, index, bibliography, bw & col ills. Or grey boards in jacket. An excellent copy. Kangaroo biology, ethology and conservation with particular reference to Queensland.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1994. x, 540pp, index, notes. Blue cloth in jacket. Bookseller label inside front cover, faint marking to fore-edge. Very lioght edge wear to jacket. Collects 16 papers on Darwinism, evolution and natural history in the Pacific region.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Reed New Holland, 2021. 430pp, index, col ills. Pictorial card. As new. Looks at 45 species of endagered parrots around the world and conservation efforts being made to save them.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1984. HEAVY. xix, 546pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Ex-school library with assorted stamps etc (inc cancelled stamp), some foxing. Jacket is excellent. A newly annotated and illustrated edition of Eric Rolls' classic on introduced species and the plagues they have caused. Some of the early settlers lamented the fact that "Australia… Read more about this item

Boroko: Papua New Guinea National Museum., 1996. 352pp, index, references, maps. Pictorial glossy boards in jacket. As new. Trade cycles in south east asia, in particular the plume trade and spice trade, and in regard to PNG and Indonesia until 1920. The plume trade highly influenced conservation measures in Irian Jaya and New Guinea.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.… Read more about this item

Theodore, Qld.: Theodore Landcare Group, 1995. 96pp, bibliography, bw & col ills, maps. Pictorial card. Crease to front cover, light rubbing, prev owner stamp on title page. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xix, 454pp, index, references, col ills, maps, loosely inserted arrata slip. Blue boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. A comprehensive cultural and ecological history of European impact, from early voyages of discovery to recent developments in reef science and management.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Coffs Harbour: National Parks & Wildlife, NSW, 2002. 131pp, index, sources, num col ills, map. Pictorial spiral bound card. Light wear at spiral. North-east New South Wales supports a great variety of plants and animals of which over 370 species, populations and ecologial communities are in decline or under threat of extinction.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Reed Books, 1995. HEAVY. 256pp, index, bibliography, appendices, num col ills. Boards in jacket. Minor edge wear, small prev owner name on front free endpaper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Trapnell, Kerry (wilderness photography). Folio.

Mansfield, UK: DONA Publishing house/Insignis Publications., 2005. 324pp, references, col ills, maps. Pictorial cloth, no jacket issued. As new. All aspects of the 28 species of Amazon parrots with a chapter on extinct species.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

New South WAles: Snowy Mountains Authority, 1964. p99, bw & col ills. Pictorial wraps. Creased at corners. Scarce early booklet on the soil conservation practices in place in the early 1960s.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Ministry for Conservation, 1975. 43pp, bw ills, maps, diagrams. Pictorial card. Near new. Soil conservation and erosion control in the Campasne River Catchemnt upstream from the Eppalock Reservoir. The area involved ranges from just north of Heathcote to Trentham and Woodend in the south.. Revised Editio, Fourth Printing.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.