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NARACOORTE CAVES
Pleistocene Fossil Vertebrate Deposits of Victoria Fossil Cave

Suzanne Hand
National Parks and Wildlife South Australia - 1988
No ISBN
14 pages (soft cover booklet)

A very informative booklet which details the history and significance of the Late Pleistocene vertebrate fossil deposits of Victoria Fossil Cave in Naracoorte, South Australia.  I bought a copy upon my visit to the caves in in 1996.  It is published locally in Naracoorte, and possibly may only be available from the Naracoorte Caves Conservation Park shop.
 

THE ANTIPODEAN ARK
Creatures from Prehistoric Australia

Suzanne Hand and Michael Archer (eds.)
Peter Schouten (illus.)
Angus and Robertson Publishers - 1987
ISBN:  0 207 15664 6
90 pages (soft cover)

Specifically details 30 species of extinct Australian vertebrates, as well as describes four different time periods of the famous Riversleigh fauna of the Miocene.  Included are many fine greyscale illustrations by Peter Schouten.

VERTEBRATE ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION IN AUSTRALASIA
(Animals in Space & Time)

Michael Archer and Georgina Clayton (eds.)
Hesperian Press - 1984
ISBN:  ?
1283 pages

This book has now become extremely rare, and could be considered as the definitive work on Australian vertebrate palaeontology.  It is an enormous, well-illustrated work; the collaborative effort of the world's leading authorities on the subject.

AUSTRALIA
The Four Billion Year Journey of a Continent

Reg and Maggie Morrison
Facts on File - 1988
ISBN:  0 8160 2409 X
334 pages

This beautifully illustrated book covers the entire spectrum of Australia's geological and biological evolution from an early land mass to the continent of living wonders it has become.

NATURE OF AUSTRALIA
A portrait of the island continent

John Vandenbeld
Facts on File in association with the 
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 1988
ISBN:  0 8160 2006 X
292 pages

Based upon the popular television documentary series, this is another informative and nicely illustrated work on Australian natural history which I highly recommend.

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