Reference Material
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Background Material on Interesting Places
01 ACT Heritage Register - online
here 
.
A little difficult to search. There is a Summary List
here
- if they move it, I have a copy. It's a pdf document, so the whole lot is
searchable. Border markers are
here .
02 ACT Locate - online
here.
Internet mapping service for the ACT - use it to locate block/district.
03 Sites of Significance in the ACT. A 9 volume set,
pre-cursor to the ACT Heritage Register. Published in 1988 (Vols 1-7), 1989 (Vol
8) and 1990 (Vol 9). Available through the ACT Heritage Library at Woden
Library. Additional copies to the reference set are available for borrowing.
The material covers:
| Volume |
Content |
| 1 |
Methodology |
| 2 |
Inner Canberra |
| 3 |
Gungahlin and Belconnen |
| 4 |
Woden, Tuggeranong and Associated Areas |
| 5 |
Majura, Kowen and Associated Areas |
| 6 |
Stromlo and Uriarra Areas |
| 7 |
Paddys River and Tennent Areas |
| 8 |
Cotter River Catchment |
| 9 |
Gudgenby Area |
04 W-G T - a circumspect source of information.
12 Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Draft Management Plan,
Australian Capital Territory Canberra 1997. Available through the ACT Heritage
Library at Woden Library.
13 Beyond the Cotter, Allan J Mortlock and Klaus
Hueneke, ANU Press Canberra 1979.
14 Rugged Beyond Imagination - Stories from an Australian
mountain region, Matthew Higgins, National Museum of Australia Press
Canberra 2009.
Border Markers
14 Extant original field survey note books have been made available by
ACTPLA
here .
Flora and Fauna
05 Field Guide to Birds of the ACT, McComas Taylor and Nicolas
Day, National Parks Association of the ACT Inc, Canberra, 2006.
06 Field guide to the Native Trees of the ACT, orig text by L Adams,
P Ormay and J Hook revised, 2nd edn, National Parks Association of the ACT
Inc, Canberra, 2007.
07 Field Guide to the Orchids of the Australian Capital Territory,
David L Jones with Jean Egan and Tony Wood, National Parks Association of
the ACT Inc, Canberra, 2008.
Geology
08 A Geological Guide to Canberra Region and Namadgi National Park,
compiled by D M Finlayson, Geological Society of Australia (ACT Division),
2008 - includes CD
Geological Excursions and Sites of Interest. The package includes a
1:100000 map Geology of the ACT and a CD containing GIS and other
data.
First Aid
09 St John Australian First Aid, Vic Groenhout et al (eds), St
John Ambulance, Melbourne, 2004.
15 St John Emergency First Aid - A quick guide, Shirley Dyson (ed),
St John Ambulance Australia, Forrest ACT, 2008.
Navigation and Bushcraft
10 Finding Your Way in the Bush, George Carter, Canberra
Bushwalking Club, Canberra, 2007
11 Bushwalking and Ski Touring Leadership, Handbook of the
Bushwalking and Mountaincraft Training Advisory Board Inc, 3rd edn, 2000.
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