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Koala - A Historical Biography by Ann Moyal
$35.00 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Natural History Ser. | Reading Level: good
Examines the koala's long seclusion from discovery (1803), its slow penetration of the European classificatory system, its distinctive history, and its emergence through observation, artistic and scientific depiction. This book covers koala destruction through settlement and hunting in the 19th century ...Show more
Platypus by Ann Moyal
$24.99 AUD
Category: No Category
249 pages, colour plates When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799 it was greeted with astonishment and disbelief. What was this strange creature from the new colony of Australia? It defied rational explanation, with its webbed feet and duck's beak attached to what seemed to be a ...Show more
Platypus - The extraordinary story of how a curious creature baffled the world by Ann Moyal
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799 it was greeted with astonishment and disbelief. This volume tells the story of a biological riddle that confounded scientists and challenged theories of creationism and evolution.
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