Tim Flannery   The Future Eaters (Reed Books Aus). Palaeontologist Flannery here poses that as the first human beings migrated down to Australasia, the Aborigines, Maoris and other Polynesian peoples changed the region's flora and fauna in startling ways, and began consuming the resources needed for their own future; the Europeans made an even greater impact on the environment, continuing this "future eating" of natural resources.

 

Josephine Flood   The Riches of Ancient Australia (University of Queensland Press Aus). An indispensable and lavish guide to Australia's most famous landforms and sites. The same author's Archaeology of the Dreamtime (HarperCollins Aus) provides background on the development of Aboriginal society.

Drew Hutton and Libby Connors   A History of the Australian Environmental Movement (Cambridge UP UK, Aus). Written by a husband and wife team, Queensland academics and prominent in Green politics, this well-balanced book charts the progress of conservation attempts from 1860 to modern protests.

Peter Latz   Bushfires and Bushtucker: Aboriginal Plant Use in Central Australia (IAD Press Aus). Handbook with photos, published by an Aboriginal-owned press.

Tim Murray (ed) Archeology of Australia (Allen & Unwin Aus). The last thirty years have seen many ground-breaking discoveries in Australian archeology, with three sites in particular of great significance: Kakadu in the Northern Territory, Lake Mungo in NSW, and South West Tasmania; a range of specialists contribute essays on the subject.

Mary White   The Greening of Gondwana (Reed Aus). Classic work on the evolution of Australia's flora and geography.