Becoming-Speckled Warbler: Re/creating Australian Natural History Pedagogy

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Stewart
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Woodland Birds ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
History Of ◽  
South Eastern Australia

AbstractThe speckled warbler and other woodland birds of south-eastern Australia have declined dramatically since European settlement; many species are at risk of becoming locally and/or nationally extinct. Coincidently, Australian environmental education research of the last decade has largely been silent on the development of pedagogy that refects the natural history of this continent (Stewart, 2006). The current circumstances that face the speckled warbler, I argue, is emblematic of both the state of woodland birds of south-eastern Australia, and the condition of natural history pedagogy within Australian environmental education research. In this paper I employ Deleuze and Guattari's (1987) philosophy “becoming-animal” to explore ways that the life and circumstances of the speckled warbler might inform natural history focused Australian environmental education research. The epistemology and ontology ofbecoming-speckled warbleroffers a basis to reconsider and strengthen links between Australian natural history pedagogy and notions of sustainability.

Fishes of the family Prototroctidae (Salmoniformes)

1976 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 641 ◽  
Author(s):  
RM McDowall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Gill Rakers ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lateral Scale ◽  
South Eastern Australia

The family Prototroctidae, the genus Prototroctes, and the two contained species-P. oxyrhynchus Gunther, 1870 (New Zealand) and P. maraena Gunther 1864 (south-eastern Australia and Tasmania) are described. P. oxyvhynchus is distinguished from P. maraena by much higher counts of lateral scale rows, vertebrae and gill rakers. What is known of the natural history of Prototroctes is reviewed. P. oxyvhynchus is extinct and P. maraena now rare; reasons for the decline of these species are discussed.

Historical taxonomy and a resolution of the Stylidium graminifolium complex (Stylidiaceae) in Tasmania

2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 937 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. Jackson ◽  
R. J. E. Wiltshire
Keyword(s):  
South Eastern ◽  
Littoral Habitat ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
Rough Water ◽  
History Of ◽  
Infertile Soils ◽  
South Eastern Australia

The troubled taxonomic history of Stylidium graminifolium Sw. ex Willd. (syn. Candollea serrulata Labill.) is reviewed. The entity formerly known as S. graminifolium forms a complex consisting of three species. Stylidium graminifolium sens. str. is lectotypified on the basis of plants collected by Banks and Solander from Botany Bay NSW in 1770. This narrow-linear-leaved species is diploid (2n = 30) and is distributed widely on infertile soils in south-eastern continental Australia and Tasmania. Stylidium armeria Labill., on the basis of plants collected from southern Tasmania in the late 1790s, is a tetraploid (2n = 60), with leaves about two to three or four times wider than in S. graminifolium and more spathulate in shape. It has a strictly littoral habitat along the rough water coasts of Tasmania from Macquarie Heads to Tasman Peninsula, probably extending to the coasts of south-eastern Australia. Stylidium melastachys R.Br., on the basis of plants collected from the Kent Group in Bass Strait in 1803, is synonymous with S. armeria. A third species, S. dilatatum W.D.Jackson and R.J.E.Wiltshire, is described as new. It is morphologically similar to S. graminifolium but has linear leaves about two to three times as wide as S. graminifolium and is a tetraploid (2n = 60). It is widely distributed in Tasmania and in the cooler subalpine areas of south-eastern Australia but is confined to more fertile soils than the soils in which S. graminifolium is found.

scholarly journals Identifying areas at risk of drought‐induced tree mortality across South‐Eastern Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 5716-5733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin G. De Kauwe ◽  
Belinda E. Medlyn ◽  
Anna M. Ukkola ◽  
Mengyuan Mu ◽  
Manon E. B. Sabot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Tree Mortality ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

scholarly journals Thunderstorm-associated asthma in an inland town in south-eastern Australia. Who is at risk?

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.T. Girgis ◽  
G.B. Marks ◽  
S.h Downs ◽  
A Kolbe ◽  
G.n Car ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Benchmark stem densities for forests and woodlands in south-eastern Australia under conditions of relatively little modification by humans since European settlement

2010 ◽  
Vol 260 (12) ◽  
pp. 2125-2133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Gibbons ◽  
S.V. Briggs ◽  
Danielle Y. Murphy ◽  
David B. Lindenmayer ◽  
Chris McElhinny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Eastern ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

A new low-cost hairtube design for the detection of the spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus in south-eastern Australia.

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Murray
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Fragmented Distribution ◽  
Carnivorous Marsupial ◽  
South Eastern Australia

THE spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is the largest carnivorous marsupial extant on mainland Australia, where it has a fragmented distribution in forested habitats in the eastern part of the continent. This species is also found in Tasmania. D. maculatus have been found in a wide variety of forest types from sea level to over 1400 m above sea level, in areas generally receiving in excess of 600 mm of rainfall (Mansergh 1983). The distribution of D. maculatus is believed to have declined by over 50% following European settlement (Mansergh 1983).

Origins of Travelling Stock Routes. 1. Connections to Indigenous traditional pathways

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Spooner ◽  
M. Firman ◽  
Yalmambirra
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
Alternative Perspective ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Historic Development ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Travelling Stock Routes (TSRs) are networks of grazing routes and reserves situated throughout much of south-eastern Australia, and thought to have originated from the informal tracks of early European explorers, pastoralists and settlers. However, the historic development of TSRs has been poorly documented, and mostly confined to the classic pastoral account. An alternative perspective is that many TSRs may have originated from previous Indigenous traditional pathways, which are known to have existed before European settlement. By examining available literature and maps, we found evidence which suggests that several TSRs, which follow the routes of early explorers, settlers or pastoralists, have developed from previous traditional pathways. Adoption of Indigenous pathways into the present-day stock route system has most likely occurred by (1) ‘passing on’ of knowledge of pathways by Indigenous guides and trackers, (2) observations of physical evidence of pathways by early Europeans, and their subsequent adoption, and (3) shared development of some TSRs as a result of Indigenous people working in the pastoral industry. These findings highlight the significant cultural heritage values of the TSR network, and the need to appropriately protect and manage this important national asset.

Seeing the Trees and the Forest: Attending to Australian Natural History as if it Mattered

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Steward
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Australian Journal ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
History Of ◽  
Urban People ◽  
Education Discourse ◽  
Rich History ◽  
As If

AbstractDiscourse in the Australian Journal of Environmental Education of the last ten years has not addressed a pedagogy that draws on and reflects the natural history of the continent. Australia is an ecological and species diverse country that has experienced substantial environmental change as a consequence of European settlement. Australians have historically been, and increasingly are, urban people. With high rates of urban residency in a substantially modified landscape, what role might environmental education play in assisting Australians to develop understandings of the natural history of specific Australian places? While Australia has a rich history of people observing, comparing and recording the natural history of the continent, environmental education discourse in this journal has not addressed how pedagogy might be informed by a focus on natural history. This paper draws attention to this gap in Australian environmental education discourse and offers some thoughts and ideas for a pedagogy based on the natural history of specific places.

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