The flora of North Stradbroke Island

K. Stephens & D. Sharp

[This]identification guide is the first comprehensive book documenting the Island's unique flora. It provides authoritative descriptions and a detailed identification guide to all the known native plants that occur on North Stradbroke Island. Some species are unique to North Stradbroke Island, while others have regional, statewide or worldwide distributions.

The book is divided into sections on identification, vegetation communities,traditional use, flowering times and introduced species. the majority of the species have colour photographs that allow easier visual identification...Foreword.
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A biological review of Australian marine turtle species

Colin J. Limpus ; editor, Leisa Fien

This review of Australian marine turtle specieas provides the firts comprehensive collation of biological data for all of the species in Australia: Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta; Green turtle, Chelonia mydas;Hawksbill turtle, Eretmmochelys imbricata; Olive Ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea; Flatback turtle, Natator depressus; Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. While peer reviewed scientific publications are the most significant source of information, there is a large body of additional information available form many other sources within Australia....The review provides a comprehensive summary of information available up to August 2004. - preface.
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Rocks, landscapes & resources of the wet tropics

Bernd Lottermoser ... [et al.]
This book brings to life the Wet Tropics of far north Queensland. It is the story of a regiion as complex and fascinating as none other.

Details on the region's rocks, landforms and resources are written simply for those with a strong curiosiitiy and love for nature.

"Rocks, Landscapes, and Resources of the Wet Tropics" is a engrossing explanation of a very special part of our planet. - book cover
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Mackay Revisited

K.H. Kennedy

Mackay Revisited presents a fresh approach to the story of Mackay’s history since European first stepped foot on Yuibera traditional lands in 1860.

Readers are given an insightful view of the first explorers whose members were apt to bouts of drunkenness, who were dogged by fear of attack by Aborigines and crocodiles, and who nicknamed John Mackay “Pickles” due to his habit of devouring all the food available. …

Mackay Revisited was commissioned by Mackay City Council in partnership with the State Library of Queensland. The book includes many historic photographs, some more than 100 years old, as well as contemporary photographs which provide a snapshot of ‘new’ Mackay. – book cover.
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