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Resources that will help you to make your backyard wildlife friendly!

Please note that we will add more wildlife resources as we find them.

There are many helpful books about growing native plants. A few good ones are below, but check out your local library too.

Steve Parish has just released a series of six books called Backyard Kids, to inform children about wildlife in their backyard. His website is http://www.steveparish.com.au/kids

Native Gardens

Authors, Bill Molyneux and Ross Macdonald. Published by Nelson Publishers

Key Guide to Australian Wildflowers

Author, Leonard Cronin. Published by New Holland Publishers

Australian Ferns and Fern Allies

Authors, DL Jones and SC Clemesha. Published by Reed Books

Water Plants in Australia

Authors, G R Sainty and S W L Jacobs. Published by Sainty and Associates

A Field Guide to Australian Wildflowers, Vol One and Two.

Authors, Margaret Hodgson and Roland Paine. Published by Rigby.

Butterflies of Australia

Author, Michael J Brady. Published by CSIRO

Dragonflies of Australia.

Authors Gunther Theischinger and John Hawking. Published by CSIRO

Nestboxes for Wildlife

Authors Alan and Stacey Franks. Published by Bloomings Books

Attracting Frogs to Your Garden

Author Kevin Casey. Published by Envirobook

Field Guide to Australian Orchids

Authors Margaret Hodgson and Roland Paine, published by Angus and Robertson.

Mamal Tracks and Signs

Author Barbara Triggs, Published by Oxford Press

A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Vols One and Two

Author Peter Slater, Published by Rigby

Shrubs and Trees for Australian Gardens

Authors, Ernest P Lord and J H Willis. Published by Thomas P Lothian Ltd

Wildlife of Greater Brisbane

Author, Pubisher, Queensland Museum

Field Guide to Australian Frogs

Authors, J Barker, G C Grigg, M J Tyler. Published by Surrey Beatty and Sons

Key Guide to Australian Reptiles and Amphibians

Author, Leonard Cronin. Published by Envirobook

The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds

Authors, Peter, Pat, and Raoul Slater. Published by Landsdowne-Rigby

Native Grasses for Australian Gardens

Authors Nola Parry and Jocelyn Jones, Published by Reed New Holland

Landscaping with Australian Native Plants

Author Glen Wilson, Published by Thomas Nelson

Australian Native Plants for Indoors,

Authors, David and Patricia Ratcliffe, Published by Little Hills Press

Australian Frogs, a Natural History

Author, Micheal J Taylor, Publisher Reed New Holland

Aquatic and Wetland Plants

Author Nick Romanowski, Publisher UNI of NSW

Australian Native Orchids

Authors, Leo Cady and E R Rotherham, Publisher Reed

Australian Terrestrial Orchids

Authors, Collin and Dorothy Woolcock, Publisher Nelson

The Gardeners Guide to Australian Plants

Author, Gwen Elliot, Publisher Hyland House


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