In Crocodile Land

In Crocodile Land
Author: Ion Idriess
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2022-06-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1922698318

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In Crocodile Land is principally the story of travels by lugger through northern waters and into slimy creeks where the huge crocodiles abound. The author took part in many hunting expeditions and enlightens us on the various methods adopted for catching these fearsome creatures. The party had more than a little success, to the great glee of the blackfellows who accompanied them. We journey next into the country of the buffaloes. Here on sunlit clearings through thickets of pandanus palms the buffaloes were to be found in hundreds... There is plenty of risk in hunting the buffalo... Once the shooting starts, the horse must continue his gallop, faster than the buffaloes and alongside them, keeping them going. One stumble and the end is near for horse and rider. - Western Mail, Perth 1946 Although it has the thrill of crocodile shooting and trapping as its central theme, the book also affords a sympathetic and fascinating study of the aborigines and their tribal customs, slants on the dangerous sport of buffalo hunting, and vivid pen pictures of Wyndham, Darwin and other far northern towns. - Adelaide Advertiser, 1946 Introduced by Tony McKenna

Capturing the Territory

Capturing the Territory
Author: Paul Arnold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2012
Genre: Northern Territory
ISBN: 9780980662597

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Capturing Panoramas

Capturing Panoramas
Author: Paul Arnold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2011
Genre: Northern Territory
ISBN: 9780980662559

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Croc!

Croc!
Author: Robert Reid
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1741763479

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A rip-roaring collection of yarns about what happens when crocodiles and people collide.

Croc Country

Croc Country
Author: Kerry McGinnis
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2020-07
Genre: Australian fiction
ISBN: 1760896942

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Why would the police come back looking for a dead man? Young widow Tilly is making a new life for herself, keeping house for the rangers at the Binboona Wildlife Sanctuary in the isolated wilderness of the north-western Gulf Country. Caring for injured wildlife and helping to run the popular tourist campsite are just the distraction she needs from everything she left behind when her husband, Gerry, and young daughter were lost at sea. But when the police show up asking questions about Gerry, the peaceful routine she's built is disrupted as she begins to question what really happened to her family. The arrival of botanist Connor stirs up even more emotion and has Tilly questioning who she can trust. When she and young ranger Luke stumble across evidence of wildlife smugglers on a visit to the local caves, suddenly her sanctuary is no longer safe and it becomes clear the past has well and truly come back to haunt her. Set against the lush backdrop of the Northern Territory with its vibrant birds and deadly wildlife, this is a chilling and highly evocative family mystery about the wild and dangerous things that can happen in the most remote and untamed corners of our country.

Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians

Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians
Author: Gordon Grigg
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 830
Release: 2015-01-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1486300685

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Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians is a comprehensive review of current knowledge about the world's largest and most famous living reptiles. Gordon Grigg's authoritative and accessible text and David Kirshner's stunning interpretive artwork and colour photographs combine expertly in this contemporary celebration of crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials. This book showcases the skills and capabilities that allow crocodylians to live how and where they do. It covers the biology and ecology of the extant species, conservation issues, crocodylian–human interaction and the evolutionary history of the group, and includes a vast amount of new information; 25 per cent of 1100 cited publications have appeared since 2007. Richly illustrated with more than 500 colour photographs and black and white illustrations, this book will be a benchmark reference work for crocodylian biologists, herpetologists and vertebrate biologists for years to come.