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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Brian Kennedy et al, Australian place names, 1996
Alphabetical listing of some place names across Australia, Includes Aboriginal and European names with a good description of the place and origin of the name.place names, gazetteers -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Erich V Lassak et al, Australian medicinal plants, 2001
Outlines the Aboriginal use of native plants as well as how early European settlers learned from Aboriginal people about their medicinal value. Chapters arranged according to ailments and their treatment.Colour illustrations, colour photographsmedicinal plants, plant identification -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Laura Levens, Wildflowers in the Dandenong Ranges : a beginner's guide, 1997
Small format book. Chapters organised according the colour of the flowers.Colour photographs, glossarywildflowers, plants, dandenong ranges -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Tim Low, Wild food plants of Australia, 2001
The fieldguide edition of Wild Food Plants of Australia. It is presented in a concise, convenient form to facilitate quick and ready reference in the field. Tim Low has provided a truly reliable guide to our edible flora, making identification easy. Thus it is a perfect companion for bushwalkers, naturalists, scientists and, with emphasis on wild food cuisine, gourmets. Low describes more than 180 plants - from the most tasty and significant plant foods of southern and eastern Australia to the more important and spectacular inland and tropical foods.Maps, colour photographs, b&w illustrationsedible wild plants, cooking, flora, cuisine, bush tucker -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian Lunt et al, Plains wandering : exploring the grassy plains of south-eastern Australia, 1998
An exploration of the flora and fauna of South-Eastern Australia.Colour photographs, b&w illustrationsvictorian southern tablelands, riverina, wimmera, gippsland plains, south australia, tasmania, grasslands, flora, fauna, ecology -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Peter W Menkhorst, Mammals of Victoria : distribution, ecology and conservation, 1996
Arranged in family (type) groups with photos and detailed descriptions of each mammal.Maps, colour photographs, b&w photographs, graphsmammals, fauna, victoria -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Neil Marriott et al, Grassland plants of South-Eastern Australia : a field guide to native grassland and grassy woodland plants of South-Eastern Australia, 1998
Detailed description of plants, one plant per page. Alphabetical listing according to botanical name, with common names provided.Maps, colour photographs, pronunciation guide, glossarygrassland, plants, south-eastern australia, botany, ecology -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ngarul Jimmy Nambatu et al, Marri Ngarr and Magati Ke plants and animals : Aboriginal knowledge of flora and fauna from the Moyle River and Neninh areas, North Australia, 2009
Aboriginal knowledge of flora and fauna from the Moyle River and Neninh areas.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographs,marri ngarr, magati ke, wadeye, moyle river, northern territory, flora, fauna, ethnobiology -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, I R McCann, The Alps in flower, 2001
Format using photographs and a brief description of each plant.Maps, colour photographsalps, victorian national parks association, bogong unit, alpine national park, mount buffalo national park, wonnangatta-moroka unit, kosciusko national park -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, I R McCann, The coast and hinterland in flower, 1992
Format using photographs and a brief description of each plant.Maps, colour photographswildflowers, plants, australia, grampians, identification, native plants -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, I R McCann, The Grampians in flower, 2000
Contains brief descriptions of flowering plants in the Grampians area.Maps, colour photographswildflowers, plants, australia, grampians, identification -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, John Morieson, The night sky of the Boorong
Based on historical notes of a variety of people, it explains the Night Skies of the Lake Tyrell area of Victoria and the mythology of the people regarding the legends of the skies.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsboorong, astronomy, ecological zodiac, william stanbridge, lake tyrell -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Graham Pizzey et al, The Graham Pizzey &? Frank Knight field guide to the birds of Australia, 1999
Detailed descriptions of Australian native birds at all life stages, including their calls and range of habitat.Maps, colour illustrations, colour photographsbirds, australia, identification -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Rob de Souza-Daw et al, Plants of significance to the Ganai Community, 2000
This publication identifies the plants which are known to have been used by the Ganai community. A photograph is provided for each plants and is accompanied by an explanation of the plant's usage. The scientific name, common name and the Ganai name, where known, is given for each plant.Maps, colour illustrations, colour photographs, glossaryganai, nulit, brayakaulung, brataualung, tatungalung, muk-thang, brabralung, thangquai, krauatungalung -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Les Blake, Place names of Victoria, 1977
A study of the place names of Victoria.b&w photographs, colour photographsplace names, victoria, toponymy -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Pun?u : Yankunytjatjara plant use : traditional methods of preparing foods, medicines, utensils and weapons from native plants, 1988
Encyclopedia style entries for 27 plants with standard scientific description plus description, science and stories in Yankunytjatjara with translations. Includes general and linguistic introduction, and extensive glossaries of botanical names, plant parts, processes etc, all Yankunytjatjara and English (and Latin as appropriate)B&w illustrations, colour illustrations, word listsclimate, landforms, vegetation, vegetable food (mai), fruits, seeds, roots, greens, galls, fungi, nectars, sweet secretions, gums, medicinal plants (punu ngangkari), language, stories, plant use, trees, shrubs, subshrubs, grasses, vines, succulents, mistletoes, plant parts, habitat, plant processing, yankunytjatjara, central australia -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, PJF Coutts et al, Records of the Victorian Archaeological Survey : number 9, August 1979 : a preliminary investigation of Aboriginal mounds in North-Western Victoria, 1979
Maps, charts, graphs, b&w photographs, diagramsvictoria archaeological survey, murray valley, grampians -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Records of the Victorian Archaeological Survey : number 10, June 1980, 1980
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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Friends of Sherbrooke Forest, Sherbrooke Forest : its flora and history, 2000
Notes on plants in the area, including swamp/water plants.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographsdandenong ranges national park, indigenous vascular plants, weed management -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sarina Singh, Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait Islands : guide to Indigenous Australia, 2001
Comprehensive text with maps, coloured photos etc., dealing with all of Indigenous Australia. Provides historical references. Details of the Mabo finding.maps, b&w photographs, colour photographs, illustrations, word listsculture, travel guide, tourism, art, food -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Nigel Sinnott, Place-names of the Alexandra, Lake Eildon and Big River area of Victoria, 2003
Contains 2000 entries for the Alexandra area, giving a clearly detailed description of the site and source of the name.Maps, colour photographsplace names, alexandra, lake eildon, strathbogie ranges, yea, marysville, healesville -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Kathie Strickland et al, Peninsula plants : a field guide to indigenous plants of the Mornington Peninsula suitable for cultivation, 1995
One plant detailed per double page, with clear illustrations and descriptions.B&w illustrations, glossaryindigenous plants, vegetation, species guide -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Kathie Strickland et al, Peninsula plants : volume two : a field guide to indigenous plants of the Mornington Peninsula with notes on cultivation, 1992
One plant detailed per page, with clear illustrations and descriptions.b&w illustrations, glossaryindigenous plants, vegetation, species guide -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Peter Sutton, Country : Aboriginal boundaries and land ownership in Australia, 1995
Critique of Davis and Prescott Aboriginal frontiers and boundaries in Australia and map, Davis, S. Australias extant and imputed traditional Aboriginal territories; uses anthropological and linguistic evidence to expose inaccuracies and lacunae in book and map; appended are comments on the Davis map by regional specialists.Maps, colour photographsindigenous land boundaries -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Gerry Swan, A photographic guide to snakes &? other reptiles of Australia, 1997
Species accounts of snakes across Australia.Maps, colour photographssnakes, reptiles -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Harold Vaughan, The Australian fisherman's companion, 1982
Clear descriptions of fish with a coloured photos for identification.Colour photographs, b&w illustrationsfish, australian fish -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria's biodiversity : our living wealth, 1997
Lush colour photographs of the particular environments, including flora, fauna, birds etc and maps locating area.Colour illustrations, colour photographsconservation, sustainability, biodiversity, victorian alps, mallee -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria's biodiversity : sustaining our living wealth, 1997
Investigates ways of sustaining Victoria's biodiversity.Colour illustrations, colour photographsbiodiversity, sustainability, conservation -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Malcolm Calder et al, Victoria's box-ironbark country : a field guide, 2002
Gives thorough introduction to the dry-forest area and the plants and animals of that habitat.Maps, colour photographs, b&w illustrationsbox-ironbark forests, deforestation, sustainability, environment, biodiversity -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria's biodiversity : directions in management, 1997
Looking at Victoria in each region and examining the biodiversity of the environment, for management purposes.Maps (including two large maps) charts, graphs, colour photographs,biodiversity, sustainability, conservation