David NashThe smuggled budgie: case study of anAustralian loanblend11 IntroductionThe Budgerigar is a small Australian parrot, known around the world as atalkative cage bird, though by other names:While science called these small Parrots the Splendid Grass Parakeet (Melopsittacus un-dulatus), the...
Traditional Aboriginal people (before their society was changed with the arrival of the British into their lands), lived in relatively small groups which have been called clans, bands, family groups, sub-tribes and by a variety of other names. The larger (well known term) social unit known ...
a giant deer, peacocks, white-napped crane, two big rhinos, monkeys, water buffalo, chimpanzees, leopards, bear, tigers, lions as well as golden pheasants, silver pheasants, chukar, kalij, parrots, owls. They also had a small reptile collection which featured a common cobra, an Indian rock...
Can attract: Parrots, Cockatoos, Pigeons, Butterflies, moths. Tolerant of: Fire. Best Garden Use: Winter interest, Areas requiring pest tolerance, Containers, Specimen, Large Garden, and Street Tree. Family: Fabaceae (beans). Native: Australia. Closely Related Species: Cootamundra wattle; Wild Se...
(1,914 metres) atBimberi Peak. In the northeastern section there are broad valleys between rounded hills. While much of the generally ruggedtopographyof the Australian Capital Territory allows small-scale farming, forestry, and grazing, only about one-third of the territory is suitable for urban ...