The Western Australian Museum Publications Department is a specialist press dedicated to publishing quality books about the natural and cultural heritage and environment of Western Australia and Australia, for both the general reader and the academic and scientific communities.
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A GUIDE TO WETLAND INVERTEBRATES
OF SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA
Jenny Davis and Faye Christidis
This wetland guide includes chapters on flatworms, roundworms and earthworms;
snails, limpets and bivalves; watermites and spiders; water fleas, shrimps,
yabbies and others; dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies, beetles, bugs and
mosquitoes. Includes descriptions, distributions and keys to identify.
Colour and black and white photos.
ISBN: 9 780646 303918 PB 177pp 615g
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ALBERT THE DINOSAUR
Geraldine Carlin
A picturebook telling the story of "Albert", the tyrannosaurus
skeleton in the Western Australian Museum, illustrated by Western Australian
primary school students
ISBN: 9 780724 497423 PB 18pp 80g
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ANCIENT FLORAS of WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Steve McLoughlin and Ken McNamara
The changing pattern of the fossil floras in W.A. is a legacy of both their
evolutionary history and of the changing environments in which they grew.
This booklet covers the evolution of plants in W.A. from the Devonian through
to the present and includes 24 four colour illustrations.
ISBN: 9 780730 726920 PB 42pp 155g
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BUILDING FROG FRIENDLY GARDENS
Ken Aplin, Anthea Paino and Lyndal Sleep
Comprehensive Western Australian guide to building environmentally friendly
gardens to attract frogs and other native creatures. The only purpose written
guide for the Western Australian environment.
ISBN: 0 730757 82 X PB 67pp 200g
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CORAL
REEFS: NATURE'S WONDERS
Walter & Jean Deas
This field guide provides a guide to coral reef biology and ecology with
beautiful photos of the better known corals, both soft and hard corals,
why the reefs are endangered and what can be done to conserve them. A
must for divers and conservationists. Colour photographs.
ISBN: 9 781920 843182 PB 298pp 820g
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COUNTRY: VISIONS OF LAND AND PEOPLE IN
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Andrea Gaynor, Mathew Trinca and Anna Haebich (editors)
Reflects on the unique character of people's experiences in WA landscapes.
It explains some of the major environmental changes of the past two centuries
and considers their cultural meaning.
ISBN: 9 780730 758129 Pb 273pp 605g
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NATIVE BEES ON WILDFLOWERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Special Publication No. 2 of the Western Australian Insect Study Society Inc
Terry F. Houston
A synopsis of native bee visitation of wildflowers in Western Australia, based on the bee collection of the Western Australian Museum.
A WA Insect Study Society publication. |
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EXPLORING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Hazel Biggs
This excellent resource for teachers includes the Aboriginals' experience
with the first settlers, exploring the Swan River, the Darling Range and
up North and covers the first explorers and naturalist explorers.
ISBN: 9 780730 983958 PB 100pp 345g
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FASHIONING THE STONE: MINERALS, MYTHS,
MAGIC AND SCIENCE
Alex Bevan
A look at the story behind common gemstones - their origin, history, properties,
the myths that grew up around them - and the way different cultures have
used them. Colour and b&w photos.
ISBN: 9 780730 950172 PB 40pp g
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS ALBANY - TRAVELLERS'
TALES
Douglas R G Sellick
A fascinating glimpse of this historic port penned by travellers as diverse
as Charles Darwin, Sister Mary MacKillop and Mark Twain.
ISBN: 9 780730 983668 PB 235pp 600g
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FOSSILS OF THE NEWMARRACARRA LIMESTONE
Ken McNamara and Kris Brimmell
12 page illustrated guide to the fossils of the area around Bringo, inland
from Geraldton.
ISBN: 9 780730 754057 PB 12pp 46g
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FOUNDATIONS OF FREMANTLE
Deborah Tout-Smith
Tells the story of Fremantle's history from pre-settlement Noongar life,
the arrival of British settlers in 1829, depression and radical upheavals
to the new world of the early 20th century. It traces Fremantle's character
through the establishment of the port, the development of local agriculture
and business.....the intimate experiences of everyday life. It contains
early images and photographs of the exhibition in Fremantle History Museum.
ISBN: 0 730738 11 6 PB 63pp 360g
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FROM OAR TO DIESEL ON THE SWAN
Keith O Murray
Looks at the history of water transport, the vessels and the people, around
Fremantle and the Swan River, from settlement to the 1950s. Revised edition.
ISBN: 1 920843 15 9 PB 55pp 235g
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GADIMAN JAWAL
Sandy and Esther Paddy; Moya Smith (editor)
The story of Gadiman recounted to Moya Smith by members of the Bardi Aboriginal
community of the Kimberley and illustrated by the Community's children.
Picture book
ISBN: 9 780730 915409 PB 32pp 130g
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GOGO FISH! THE STORY OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
FOSSIL EMBLEM
John Long
Illustrator: Jillian Ruse
The story of the discovery, naming and campaign to use the Gogo fish as
WA's fossil emblem. A book for primary and secondary students. Honour Book,
CBC Children's Book of the Year Awards 2005. Full colour picture book.
HARDCOVER
ISBN: 9 781920 843106 HB 42pp 450g
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GOGO FISH! THE STORY OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
FOSSIL EMBLEM
John Long
Illustrator: Jillian Ruse
The story of the discovery, naming and campaign to use the Gogo fish as
WA's fossil emblem. A book for primary and secondary students. Honour Book,
CBC Children's Book of the Year Awards 2005. Full colour picture book.
PAPERBACK
ISBN: 9 781920 843083 PB 40pp 260g
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HANDBOOK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BIRDS VOL I:
Non-passerines
(Emu to Dollar Bird)
R E Johnstone and G M Storr
First of two volumes covering all species of birds recorded from Western
Australia and its offshore islands including Ashmore Reef, Christmas and
Cocos Keeling Islands. An indispensable reference for ornithologists, scientists
and amateur naturalists.
45 colour plates by commissioned WA artists and 30 colour egg plates. 60
text figures, 158 maps.
ISBN: 9 780 730 712 084 HB 436pp 2380g
SLIPCASE AVAILABLE TO HOLD BOTH VOLUMES $35.00 |
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HANDBOOK
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BIRDS OF WA VOL II: Passerines (Pitta Bird to Goldfinch)
R E Johnstone and G M Storr
Artists - Martin Thompson, Trish Wright and John Darnell
With magnificient colour plates of birds and eggs, distribution maps, description
of habitat, breeding and behaviour, line drawings of nests, birds, feathers,
head and eye detail, these two volumes are the definitive work on Western
Australian and Christmas Island birds.
38 colour bird plates, 28 colour egg plates. 209 text figures, 109 maps.
ISBN: 9 781 920 843 113 HB 529pp 3000g
SLIPCASE AVAILABLE TO HOLD BOTH VOLUMES $35.00
LEATHERBOUND EDITION OF VOLUME TWO $550.00
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IN OLD KALGOORLIE
Rob Pascoe
Beautiful and fascinating photos of the gold mining town, the work life,
the social life, the buildings and the people; taken from original glass
negatives from the JJ Dwyer collection 1890s to 1930s. Large format
ISBN: 0 7309 2503 X PB 212pp 1110g
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JAPANESE SWORDS AND FITTINGS IN THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
MUSEUM
George Trotter
This illustrated catalogue describes the swords and fitting from the Cool
Collection which were collected in pre-war Europe. The swords are subdivided
chronologically. B/w & colour illustrations throughout.
ISBN: 9 780730 926238 PB 131pp 635g
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LIZARDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA I
- SKINKS
G M Storr, L A Smith and R E Johnstone
This completely revised, colourful edition of this authoritative guide
helps the reader with identification of 173 species of skink, using easy-to-follow
keys, drawings, colour photographs and distribution maps.
ISBN: 9 780730 726562 PB 291pp 835g
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MAJOR EDMUND LOCKYER - Forgotten Australian
Pioneer
Les Johnson
Lockyer arrived in the brig Amity from Sydney in 1826 to place his outpost
on the rim of Princess Royal Harbour. Five years later the settlement was
named Albany, Western Australia - but what of the man who made this isolated
venture happen?
ISBN: 0 730758 10 9 PB 188pp 270g
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MARINE & ESTUARINE FISHES OF SOUTH-WESTERN
AUSTRALIA: A field guide for Anglers and Divers
Barry Hutchins and Martin Thompson
This companion guide to the tropical fishes book is for anglers and divers,
covering the coastline from Recherche Archipelago to Lancelin, dealing
with over 300 fishes including sharks and rays. In its seventh reprint.
Colour plates.
ISBN: 9 780724 497584 PB 103pp 260g
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MATTHEW
FLINDERS & HIS SCIENTIFIC GENTLEMEN
Juliet Wege, Alex George, et al (editors)
This sumptuously illustrated and beautifully produced volume contains accounts
of Matthew Flinders' remarkable expedition to Australia in HMS Investigator
in 1801 - 1805; the lives of principal people of the expedition; their
work in charting the coast and discovering plants and animals; and how
their journals and collections were studied in England.
ISBN: 9 78120 843205 HC 192pp 1120g
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METAL 2001: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON METALS CONSERVATION
Ian MacLeod
(et al, eds.)
Contains papers on: Metals conservation; analysis of metals and their corrosion
products; corrosion and degradation studies; archeological conservation;
and electrochemistry, inhibitors and preventative conservation
ISBN: 1 920843 17 5 Pb 329pp 1366g
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MICRO-BREWERIES TO MONOPOLY AND BACK:
Swan River Colony Breweries 1829-2002
Geoff Spiller
The history of breweries in Perth and Fremantle, covering the present day
boutique breweries. A delight for readers interested in brewing, beer or
history.
ISBN: 9 781920 843014 PB 232pp 517g
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NYOONGAR WORDLIST FROM THE SOUTH WEST
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Ross Chadwick and Peter Bindon
This publication assembles several separately published word lists from
South-West Australian Aboriginal languages and dialects. It is not a dictionary
but a basic word list. Two listings in alphabetical order are provided:
one of Aboriginal words and one of an equivalent English word or phrase.
ISBN: 9 780730 950264 PB 496pp 650g
OUT OF PRINT
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PASSENGER SHIPS: RICHARD MCKENNA WA MARITIME
PHOTOGRAPHER
Don Finlayson and Richard McKenna
Majestic liners, migrant ships, converted troopships, even a WW II aircraft
carrier suffering a 'sea change' - This is a combination of both colour
and black and white photographs of passenger ships visiting the port of
Fremantle, from the camera of noted maritime photographer and shipping
buff, Richard McKenna. Compiled by Don Finalyson from the Richard McKenna
Memorial Collection with lots of supporting history and detail, this is
a must for all migrants whose first sight of Australia was the port of
Fremantle.
ISBN: 9 781920 843021 PB 96pp 460g
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PINNACLES
Ken McNamara
A full colour guide for tourists and amateur geologists describing the
formation and the history of the bizarre formations of the Pinnacles
Desert in Nambung National Park.
ISBN: 9 780724 494798 PB 24pp 110g
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REDEMPTION OF A SLAVE SHIP: THE JAMES MATTHEWS
Graeme Henderson
In 1807, the Atlantic slave trade was made illegal. However, over the next fifty years, millions of kidnapped Africans continued to be transported unwillingly to the sugar plantations of the New World. The James Matthews, a wreck discovered off Fremantle, had sailed under the name Don Francisco during those dark years of the illegal slave trade, and the wreck is the best known example of a slave ship from that time. Through meticulous research in Africa and the Americas, in London and Australia, the author tells not only the story of the ship, but those of its passengers, slaves, slave traders, immigrants and ships crew.
Contains colour photographs, illustrations, maps and diagrams.
ISBN: 9 781920 843991 HB
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RESEARCH IN SHARK BAY: report of the
France-Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee
P F Berry, S D Bradshaw and B R Wilson (editors)
ISBN: 0 730939 19 7 PB 325pp 775g
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SEA SLUGS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: A guide
to species from the Indian to West Pacific Oceans
Fred Wells and Clay Bryce
A must for divers and includes chapters describing what is a sea slug;
when and where to find them and over 200 colour plates of these strange,
unique creatures.
ISBN: 9 780730 955238 PB 184pp 440g
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SNAKES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
G M Storr, L A Smith and R E Johnstone
There are more that 100 species of snake found in Western Australia and
its surrounding seas. This guide will help you identify all of them - from
dangerous land and sea snakes to the pythons, snakes found in tidal mangrove
swamps and freshwater creeks. Also includes a section on treatment of snake
bite and first aid.
ISBN: 9 780730 712954 PB 309pp 870g
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STROMATOLITES
Ken McNamara
Full colour guide to the strange and bizarre living stromatolite formations
of Shark Bay, Lake Clifton, Rottnest Isand and other WA locations. Revised
edition with colour plates of the formation of these unique structures.
ISBN: 0 730952 15 Pb 28pp 110g
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TEKTITES
Ken McNamara and Alex
Bevan
Full colour booklet describing the age, occurrence, composition, shapes
and theories of origin of these pebble-sized, naturally occurring glass
objects that have long fascinated scientists and explorers.
ISBN: 9 780730 726913 PB 38pp 150g
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THE
CAT HAS NINE LIVES
Fred Robins
A fictionalised semi-biographical account of life on the Catalina flying
boats operating low level minelaying and Air-Sea rescue missions in Asia
and the south west Pacific during WW II, by a noted Western Australian
Catalina pilot.
ISBN: 9 781920 843212 PB 189pp 395g
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THE STOLEN GENERATIONS
Separation of Aboriginal children from their families
Anna Haebich and Ann Delroy
"Until as recently as the late 1960s Aboriginal children of mixed descent
in Western Australia were systematically removed from their families...." This
book covers the tragic story about Aboriginal children from 1829 through to what
has been achieved today. The book is richly illustrated with early black and
white images.
ISBN: 9 780730 744542 PB 63pp 435g
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VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO TERRA AUSTRALIS
by WILLEM de VLAMINGH IN 1696
Phillip Playford
This account of Vlamingh's expedition by award-winning author Phillip Playford
includes accounts from Vlamingh's personal journal lost after it was translated
into French in the early eighteenth century. The author recently rediscovered
this translation, which has shed new light on Vlamingh and his voyage of
discovery. This book was short-listed for the WA Premier's Book Awards
1999.
ISBN: 9 780730 712213 HB 114pp 545g
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN HUMPBACK AND RIGHT WHALES
John Bannister
This book tells the story of the two magnificent whale species found along
the Western Australian coastline - the humpback and the right whale. Both
whales were caught close to the coast and were overfished to near extinction
- and are now coming back to the delight of locals and tourists alike.
ISBN: 9 780 730 961 550 PB 52pp 220g
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WATER IN WA
Evan Biggs
A valuable resource for teachers in the upper primary and lower secondary,
this book was developed to support the study of the water cycle in Australia,
and particularly WA. Covers the water cycle, water sources, uses and
consumption, as well as topics such as salinity, the Kalgoorlie pipeline
and the Snowy Mountains Scheme. B & w illustrations, tables etc
ISBN: 0 730761 16 9 Pb 62pp 230g
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A WINDSWEPT COAST :
Western Australia's Maritime Heritage Between the Moore River and the Zuytdorp Cliffs
Shipwrecks 1629 - 1945
P and J Worsley and D Totty
An Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 11 |
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WORLD'S FIRST SHELL COLLECTING GUIDE
FROM 1821 JOHN MAWE
Jeffrey D Stilwell
John Mawe's The Voyager's Companion or Shell Collector's Pilot: Gorgeously
produced facsimiles of Mawe's Shell Collecting guides 1804 and 1821 with
an introduction about Mawe and shell collecting in general. Full colour
throughout. A must for both the shell collector and the antiquarian!
ISBN: 9 781920 843045 PB 81pp 291g
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