Australian Animals Homework Helper
Internet Sites
Native Animal Fact Sheets
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Native+animal+fact+sheets+by+category
Australian Animals- Mammals
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/ausanimallinks/
Wildlife Trade and Conservation
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/trade-use/
Unique Australian Animals
http://home.iprimus.com.au/readman/
Native Fish Australia
http://www.nativefish.asn.au/
Animal Rights Resource Site
http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/index.html
Books
Animals -
Animal nation : the true story of animals and Australia/ Adrian Franklin. Sydney : UNSW Press, 2006
304.27 FRA
CSIRO list of Australian vertebrates : a reference with conservation status / Mark Clayton ... [et al.]. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO, 2006.
R596 CSI
Do animals have rights? / Alison Hills.Thriplow [U.K.] : Icon Books ; Colchester [U.K.] : Distributed in the UK by TBS Ltd., 2005
179.3 HIL
Animal rights/ Kay Woodward. London : Franklin Watts/Arcturus, c2004.
J179.3 WOO
ABC of Australian animals / Irene Morcombe. Kent Town, SA : Working Title Press, 2000.
J591.994 MOR
Australias most dangerous creatures : understand - identify - avoid - survive.Surry Hills, N.S.W. : Reader's Digest, 2002.
R591.65 AUS
Mammals -
A field Guide to Australian mammals / Cath Jones and Steve Parish. Archerfield, Qld. : Steve Parish Publishing, c2005.
591.994 PAR
The mammals of Australia / edited by Ronald Strahan. Sydney : Australian Museum : Reed New Holland. (Second ed. published in 1995 by Reed Books. Reprinted in 1998, 2000 and 2002 by Reed New Holland).
R599 MAM
Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea : one hundred million years of evolution / John Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, Suzanne Hand. Sydney : UNSW Press, 2002.
R569.0994 LON
Kangaroo : habitats, life cycles, food chains, threats/ Malcolm Penny. London : Hodder Children's Books, 2003.
J599.222 PEN
Kangaroo / Patricia Whitehouse. Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003.
J599.222 WHI
Birds -
Amazing Australian birds / Barry Silkstone. Port Melbourne., Victoria : Heinemann Library, c2004.
J598 SIL
Know your birds : Australia's most common birds/ Louise Egerton. Sydney : New Holland, 2004.
598 EGE
Famous Australian birds / Gisela Kaplan. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2003.
J598 KAP
Field guide to Australian birds / Michael Morcombe.Archerfield, Qld.: Steve Parish Publishing, 2003.
598 MOR
Australian birds : simply classified / Donald and Molly Trounson. Smithfield, N.S.W: Gary Allen, c.1996 2000.
R598.2994 TRO
ABC of Australian birds / Irene Morcombe. Kent Town, SA : Working Title Press, 2000.
J598 MOR
Reptiles -
A complete guide to reptiles of Australia / Steve Wilson and Gerry Swan. Sydney : Reed New Holland, 2003.
Deadly snakes / Andrew Solway. Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2005.
J597.95 SOL
An introduction to Australian snakes / Belinda Edwards. Niddrie [Victoria] : Pennon Publishing, c2003.
597.96 EDW
Reptiles / Stephen Savage. London: Hodder Wayland, 2002.
J597.9 SAV
Reptiles & amphibians of Australia / Harold G. Cogger. Sydney : Reed New Holland, 2000.
R597.9 COG
Fish -
Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia / G.R. Allen, S.H. Midgley, M. Allen. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, c2002.
R597.176 ALL
Catching Australia's favourite fish / Alastair David McGlashan. Sydney : New Holland, 2003.
799.1 MCG
Fish / Helen Stevens. South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan, 2000.
J578.68 STE
Insects -
A field guide to insects in Australia / Paul Zborowski and Ross Storey. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Reed New Holland, c2003.
616.9 PRE
Arthropods/ Helen Stevens. South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan, 2000.
J578.68 STE
Insects / Ron Thomas. Port Melbourne, Vic. : Heinemann Library, 2002.
J595.7 THO
Subject headings to use
- Animal experimentation
- Animal rights
- Animal welfare
- Birds - Australia
- Budgerigars
- Fishes - Australia
- Insects - Australia
- Mammals - Australia
- Reptiles - Australia
- Vivisection
Shelf numbers
For those who like to browse around the shelves, you could try around these Dewey numbers:
- 179.3 - Animal rights
- 578.68 - Endangered animals
- 590/591- Animals
- 594 - Shells
- 595.7 - Insects
- 597 - Fish, Reptiles
- 599 - Mammals
- 599.2 - Kangaroo, Koala bear
Videos
Our animals [videorecording]. Sydney: ABC, 2000.
Call No: NATURE
Australia's endangered species [videorecording]. West Tamworth, N.S.W. : The Deadly Continent Films, 1995.
Call No: NATURE
Australia's wonderful wildlife [videorecording] : close-up on 25 remarkable animals.
Chatswood, NSW : GEO Wildlife, n.d.
Call No: JUNIOR
Wild Australia [videorecording]: animals of Australia in close up. Australia : Film Australia, 1987.
Call No: NATURE