Some useful links

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James Cook University - Homepage

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Aboriginal Studies

CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management

The Sydney Morning Herald

VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, PLEISTOCENE MARSUPIALS, PLEISTOCENE

Sydney for Visitors - Welcome from The Mining Co.

Australian Embassy - Washington, DC

Australia New Zealand Studies Center, Penn State

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/marsupials.html

http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/faqs-creationists.html. This is a great anti creation site.

Some rabbit sites (from Drew Hardick, Richard Kachelreiss and Tim Barth)

• http://www.dwe.csiro.au/vbc/index.htmAll about the vertebrate biocontrol cooperative research centre program.
• http://www.csiro.au/communication/rabbits/qa1.htm More info from CSIRO.
• http://www.game-conservancy.org.uk/ngcrefs.htm A list of publications on myxotosis and rabbits.
• http://www.oie.int/publicat/1701/a_r17118.htm Information on the coevolution of host virus-example used, rabbits in Australia.
• http://www.netc.net.au/enviro/fguide/pestanimal.html Introduced mammals found in Victoria-mainly effect of rabbits.
• http://www.maf.govt.nz/MAFnet/index.htm Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of New Zealand, a report on rabbits-more specifically issues of RCD import decision making.
• http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/PROGRAMS/IRP/rcd_news.html About the rabbit calicivirus disease in Western Australia.
• http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/ South Australian Research and Development Institute--this is a multidisciplinary research institute run by the state of South Australia
• http://users.wantree.com.au/~rabbit Rabbit Information Service Message Board--information about rabbits and the rabbit control measures used in Australia. This one is a bit of a protest site, warning of potential dangers of RCD spreading to humans and other animals. They even use the cute and fuzzy syndrome to aid their point.
• http://www.dist.gov.au Department of Industry, Science and Resources--various information on Australian science and industry. Fairly well organized.
• http://www.science.org.au Australian Academy of Science--Australia's equivalent to the Royal Society of London (it was founded by a London fellow).
• http://www.abc.net.au Australian Broadcasting Corporation--Australia's ABC Network TV.

Some Fire sites (from Molly Gainard, Mike Barrette and Sean Breckley)

• http://kaos.erin.gov.au/land/fire
• http://www.anu.edu.au/Forestry/fire/ecol/ascontent.htm
• http://commsun.its.csito.au/communication/mediarel/mr1997/mr97227.htm
• http://emergency.com/ausyfr97.htm
• http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/vicgov/cfa/ashwed.htm

Links about Australian mammals (from Laura Craig, T.J. Kier and Steve Fischer)

• http://www.environment.gov.au/life/general-info/biodivser-2/biod-3.html An overview of Australia's biodiversity with information about flora, fauna, ecological interactions and specific geographic locations
• http://www.neurophys.wisc.edu/BRAIN/Brains/Monotrem/Montrem.HTML A brief overview of the Monotremata including distinguishing characteristics and speculation about evolutionary history
• http://talkorigins.org/faqs/marsupials.html Natural history of marsupials. Information about the evolution of marsupials and their appearance in Australia
• http://www.iol.ie/`spice/backgrnd.htm A page about an expedition to tha same areas the Alfred Wallace visited in the 1850s. Information about Wallace himself and Wallace's Line.
  

Please report any dead links to me. thanks.