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100 Animals to Spot at the Zoo (Usborne Spotter's Cards) by Edited by Philip Clarke
Category: Children's Educational
Each of the cards in this pack shows a different species of animal, giving distinguishing features and statistics such as size and habitat to allow young nature enthusiasts to spot them at the zoo. It also features clear and detailed illustrations. The pocket-sized cards make an easy, convenient and inf ...Show more
100 Dinosaurs to Spot by Philip Clarke
Category: Non Fiction
Presents a set of cards which cover different species of dinosaurs, including vital statistics such as height, habitat and the period in which they lived.
100 Rocks & Minerals to Spot (Usborne Spotter's Cards) by Philip Clarke ed.
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Usborne Spotter's Cards
Part of the "Spotter's Guide" series, this title features pocket-sized cards that make an informative companion for country walks and outdoor excursions.
Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia: Perspectives of Early Colonists by Fred Cahir, Ian D. Clark, Philip A. Clarke
Category: Australian History
Indigenous Australians have long understood sustainable hunting and harvesting, seasonal changes in flora and fauna, predator-prey relationships and imbalances, and seasonal fire management. Yet the extent of their knowledge and expertise has been largely unknown and underappreciated by non-Aboriginal c ...Show more
Aboriginal People and Their Plants by Philip A. Clarke
Category: Home and Garden
The book is unique, spanning the gap between botany and indigenous studies. It differs from other published Australian bushtucker overviews by treating the study of plants as a window upon which to delve into Aboriginal culture. The topic of Aboriginal use and perception of plants is vast and therefore ...Show more
Aboriginal People and Their Plants by Philip A. Clarke
Category: Australian History
Treats the study of plants as a window upon which to delve into Aboriginal culture. This book offers an overview to assist readers appreciate the depth of indigenous ecological knowledge about the environment.
Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships by Philip A. Clarke
Category: Australian Studies
Australia is home to many distinctive species of birds, and Aboriginal peoples have developed close alliances with them over the millennia of their custodianship of this country. Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships provides a review of the broad physical, his ...Show more
Aboriginal Plant Collectors: Botanists and Australian Aboriginal People in the Nineteenth Century by Philip A. Clarke
Category: Australian History
Explores the impact of indigenous people upon the European discovery of Australian plants, spanning the period from the expansion of world exploration in the seventeenth century to the beginning of systematic scientific studies in the late nineteenth century.
Australian Plants as Aboriginal Tools by Philip A. Clarke
Category: Australiana
In Australia, the flora has had a broad impact on the lives of Aboriginal hunter-gatherers, having provided them with the essential materials for making their food, medicine, narcotics and stimulants. Plants were also ecologically important for maintaining the populations of terrestrial fauna that hunte ...Show more
Contract Law - Commentaries, Cases and Perspectives by Philip Clarke; Julie Clarke
Category: Non-Fiction
Contract Law introduces students to the fundamental principles, theories and arguments in Australian contract law. It provides a carefully selected collection of cases, statutes and materials with insightful commentary designed to give students a thorough understanding of the subject. Adetailed introduc ...Show more
Discovering Aboriginal Plant Use : The Journeys of an Australian Anthropologist by Philip A. Clarke (Head of Anthropology and Manager of Sciences, The South Australian Museum, Australia)
Category: Home and Garden
The author argues that we can better understand a people if we know how they see and use plants. In Discovering Aboriginal Plant Use, Clarke dips into his field journals to provide a rich account of journeys, as both anthropologist and ethnobotanist, that span the temperate, arid and tropical zones of A ...Show more