In 1896, after discoveries of gold at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie, the Western Australian Parliament authorised the raising of a loan to construct a pipeline to transport 23 megalitres (5 million imperial gallons) of water per day to the burgeoning population on the goldfields. The pipeline, know...
The pathogenicity of some Phytophthora species recently described from Western Australia, together with P. cinnamomi as a control, was tested against seven Western Australian native plant species in the glasshouse. Host species were Banksia grandis, B. littoralis, B. occidentalis, Casuarina obesa, ...
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Native plants are a wonderful choice when it comes to choosing full sun plants for low maintenance gardens in Perth. … Read more Growing grapes in Perth December 14, 2022byWA Scene How to grow grapes in Western Australia Growing grapes in the backyard is an awesome idea if you have the ...
Transplanting native plants to revegetate abandoned farmland in the western Mojave Desert. Journal of Environmental Quality 27:960-967.Grantz D, Vaughn D, Farber RJ, Kim B, Vancurent T, Campbell R, Bainbridge D, Zink T (1998) Trans- planting native plants to revegetate abandoned farmland in...
Malainey ME, Przybylski R, Sherriff BL (1999) The fatty acid composition of native food plants and animals of western Canada. J Archaeol Sci 26:83–94Malainey, M. E., Pryzybylski, P., & Sherriff, B. L. (1999). The fatty acid composition of native food plants and animals of ...
The transition from hunting and gathering to farming was based on domesticated plants and animals of Middle Eastern origin, and represents one of the most fundamental shifts in demography, health, lifestyle and culture in human prehistory. The neolithization process in large parts of Europe was acc...
Professor Brundrett has been working with the Department of Environment and Conservation and volunteers from the West Australian Native Orchid Study and Conservation Group to locate these unique orchids. "We needed all the help we could get since it often took hours of searching under shrubs on han...
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(1811–1883) who collected more than 2,700 species of plants in Western Australia as well as many birds, reptiles, insects and molluscs. The common name in Australia is Balga and the politically correct name is the Western Australian Grass Tree. Other common names for Xanthorrhoea include ...