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Danielle Clode
An immersive, entertaining journey into the hidden life of the koala, revealing what life is really like up in the trees
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Fire has shaped the Australian landscape and the lives of Australians for thousands of years-and will continue to do so as the climate changes. For all our advances in prevention…
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John Albert Long is an Australian paleontologist who is currently Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. He was previously the Vice President of Research and…
An Australian biologist delves into the extraordinary world of koalas, from their ancient ancestors to the current threats to their survival
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Step back to a time when Australias red centre was flooded by a vast shallow ocean, the Eromanga Sea. While dinosaurs stalked the scattered islands that made up the Australian…
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Voyages to the South Seas is an exhilarating expedition through a key period in the European exploration of the Pacific and in the history of science.
An Australian biologist delves into the extraordinary world of koalas, from their ancient ancestors to the current threats to their survival.
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In Search of the Woman who Sailed the World is an ode to the sea, to science and to one remarkable woman who, like all explorers, charted her own course…
Presents an epic narrative encompassing a remarkable period of French and Australian history - when Australia was France’s Mars and marsupials were her aliens. This is the story of noble…
Ever met a thingadonta or seen a fangaroo? What about a gigantic titanosaur or a mighty diprotodon? Come on an Aussie fossil adventure and explore prehistoric life down under. Discover…
In the Footsteps of Giants, the second in the Museum Victoria Nature series, introduces the reader to the amazing world of Australian megafauna in the Pleistoceine era. Imagine an Australian…
C'est la une approche originale et plaisante de l'histoire des sciences, et indiscutablement une belle reussite.
-Prof Eric Buffetaut, Pour la Science
Au moment ou soldats et colons britanniques occupent…
Danielle Clode (Science Writer, University of Melbourne)
This book offers a series of historical detective stories about the Australian natural sciences inspired by artefacts and research at Museum Victoria. From dinosaur brains to endangered marsupials and interplanetary…
The European maritime explorers who first visited the bays and beaches of Australia brought with them diverse assumptions about the inhabitants of the country, most of them based on sketchy…
