Collection: Reference

This book denotes a prehistory of books and writing through the years and is brilliantly illustrated.

This book will provide school students with valuable insights into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander way of life, their culture and the respect they have for their environment.

Summaries the grammar and syntax of botanical Latin, and covers the origins of Latin and Latinized geographical names, symbols and abbreviations, diagnoses and descriptions, the formation of names and epithets and more.

In Botanical revelation, David Mabberley provides the first in-depth analysis of European understanding of Australia's flora before he arrival of Charles Darwin in 1836. Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this illustrated book -- with many never-before-published images -- reveals...

Exploring everything from schooldays to fantasy worlds, from its 19th century beginnings to the 21st century, this compilation is remarkable for its breadth of coverage, encouraging new ways of seeing the Australian child's literary history.