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| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Children's Book | A. Oliver and D. Goodsir | 1979 | Gould League Book of Australian Birds | Golden Press |
| Best Historical Book | P. Stanbury | 1979 | Australia's Animals: Who discovered them? | Macleay Museum, Sudney |
| Best Textbook | H. Recher, D. Lunney, I. Dunn (eds) | 1979 | A Natural Legacy: Ecology on Australia | Pergamon Press |
| Most Original Book | The Garden Jungle | 1979 | D. Clyne | William Collins |
| Best Illustrated | Rare and Vanishing Australian Birds | 1979 | P. Slater | Rigby |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Field Guide | B.J. Smith and R.C. Kershaw | 1980 | Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South Eastern Australia | Australian National University Press, Canberra |
| Best Book on Natural History | R. Russell, illus. K. Russell | 1980 | Spotlight on Possums | Queensland Univ. Press, Brisbane |
| Best Children's Book | K. Niland | 1980 | Feathers, Fur and Frills | Hodder and Stoughton |
| Best Zoological History Book | R. Strahan | 1980 | Rare and Curious Specimens | Australian Museum, Sydeny |
| Best Illustrated Book | J.H. Prince | 1980 | Neville Cayley: His Royal Zoological Society of NSW Collection of Parrots and Cockatoos of Australia | A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney |
| Special Award for a significant contribution to the Zoological literature of Papua New Guinea | J.I. Menzies and E. Dennis | 1980 | Handbook of New Guinea Rodents | Wau Ecology Institute, Wau, PNG |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| An Outstanding Publication | J. Forshaw, illus. W. Cooper | Australian Parrots | Landsowne Press | |
| Best Field Guide | G. Pizzey | A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia | William Collins | |
| Best Children's Book | J. Epstein | The Friends of Burramys | Oxford Univ. Press, Melbourne | |
| Best Environmental Book for Children | H. Butler, illus. A. Oliver | Looking at the Wild | Hodder adn Stoughton | |
| Best Illustrated Book | T. Kloot and E. McCulloch, illus. by P. Trusler | Birds of Australian Gardens | Rigby, Sydney | |
| Best Limited Edition | R. Schodde and I. Mason, illus. J. Boot | Nocturnal Birds of Australia | Landsowne Press |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Textbook | I. Hume | Digestive Physiology and Nutrition of Marsupials | ||
| Best Illustrated | I. Bennett | The Great Barrier Reef | Landsdowne | |
| Best Limited Edition | The Fairy Wrens | |||
| Book of Special Merit | H.S. Gray | Christmas Island - Naturally | ||
| Best Children's Book Series | D. Clyne | Nature City series | ||
| Commended | T. Oliver and D. Goodsir | The Gould League Book of Australian Mammals | The Gould League of NSW & Golden Press |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Animal Guide | P.C. Hely, G. Pasfield and J.G. Gellatley | Insect Pests of Fruit and Vegetables in NSW | Inkata Press, Melbourne | |
| Best Illustrated | A. Fox (text), S. Parish (photography) | Of Birds and Billabongs | Rigby | |
| Best Children's Book | P. Sloan and R. Latham | Australian Animals (eight part series) | Methuen Australia | |
| Best Animal Conservation Book | R. Breckwoldt | Wildlife in the Home Paddock | Angus and Robertson, Sydney | |
| Commended | P.V. Rich and E.M. Thompson (eds) | The Fossil Vertebrate Record of Australia | Monash University Offset Printing Unit | |
| Commended | S. Quirk (ed.), P. Schouten (illus.) | Prehistoric Animals of Australia | Australian Museum, Sydney |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Textbook | M. Archer and G. Hickey (eds) | Vertebrate Zoogeography and Evolution in Australasia (Animals in Space and Time) | Hesperian Press, Freemantle, WA | |
| Best Field Guide | B. Triggs | Mammal Tracks and Signs | Oxford University Press, Melbourne | |
| Best Historical Book | C.M. Finney | To Sail Beyond the Sunset | Rigby | |
| Best Illustrated | D. Hollands | Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of Australia | Nelson | |
| Best Children's Book | P. Murray | Australia's Prehistoric Animals | Methuen | |
| Commended | J.R. Merrick and G.E. Schmida | Australian Freshwater Fish | J.R. Merrick | |
| Commended | J. King | Seals of the World | University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Textbook | A.K. Lee and A. Cockburn | Evolutionary Ecology of Marsupials | Cambridge University Press, Melbourne | |
| Best Illustrated | Gunther Schmida | The Cold-blooded Australians | Doubleday | |
| Best Historical | J.M. Dixon and L. Huxley (eds) | Donald Thompson's Mammals and Fishes of Northern Australia | Nelson | |
| Best Biography | J. Mulvaney and J. Calaby | Biography of Baldwin Spencer | Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic. | |
| Best Edited Symposium | G. Grigg, R. Shine and H. Ehmann (eds) | The Biology of Frogs and Reptiles | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Best Children's Book | Kerry Argent | Sebastian Lives in a Hat | Omnibus Books | |
| Commended | National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife | The Waterbirds of Australia | Angus and Robertson | |
| Commended | M. Archer, T. Flannery and G. Grigg | The Kangaroo | Kevin Weldon | |
| Commended (Children's) | Catherine Palin | A Bat Came to Stay | Calyx Press |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Text Book | P. De Deckker and W.D. Williams (eds) | Limnology in Australia | CSIRO and Dr W. Junk | |
| Best History | P. Mather (ed.) | A time for A Museum: The History of the Queensland Museum 1926-1986 | Queensland Museum, Brisbane | |
| Best Reference | T.R. Lindsey | The Seabirds of Australia | Angus and Robertson, Sydney | |
| Best Illustrated | F. Baverstock | Fraser Island/Sands of Time | ABC Enterprises, Sydney | |
| Best Edited Symposium | A. Keast, H.F. Recher, H. Ford and D. Saunders (eds) | Birds of Eucalypt Forest and Woodland | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Best Children's Book | B. Mackness | The Arrow Book of Backyard Creatures | Ashton Scholastic | |
| Best Children's Series | P. Sloan and R. Latham | Australian Animals | Methuen | |
| Best Children's Fiction | K. Scholes | The Boy and the Whale | Penguin | |
| Best Children's Magazine | Eyespy | Ashton Scholastic |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Textbook | H. Tyndale-Biscoe and M. Renfree | Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials | Cambridge University Press | |
| Best History | R. Raymond | Starfish Wars | Macmillan Australia | |
| Best Reference | J.H. Pringle | Shorebirds of Australia: National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife | Angus and Robertson, Sydney | |
| Best Field Guide | P. Slater, P. Slater and R. Slater | The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds | Landsdowne-Rigby | |
| Best Prehistory | B. Mackness | Prehistoric Australia | Golden Press | |
| Best Periodical | F. Doig (ed.) | Australian Natural History | Australian Museum, Sydney | |
| Best Limited Edition | H.J. Aslin and M.J. Smith | Marsupials of Australia | Landsdowne-Rigby | |
| Best Children's Book | C. Creagh and K. Atkinson | Animal Tracks | Methuen Australia | |
| Best Children's Illustrated | F. Haddon (text), T. Oliver (illus.) | Living Australia | Hodder and Stoughton Austalia | |
| Best Children's Series | P. Reilly (text), W. Roland (illus.) | The Emu that Walks Towards Ran, The Lyrebord that is Always too busy to Dance, The Kookaburra that helps at the Nest | Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW | |
| Commended | G. Caughley, N. Shepherd and J. Short (eds) | Kangaroos | Cambridge University Press | |
| Commended | L.Marsh and S. Slack-Smith | Sea Stingers | Western Australian Museum, Perth | |
| Commended | J. Cann | Snakes Alive | Kangaroo Press |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Children's Book | B. Brooker | Mundara | Univ. of WA Press | |
| Best Periodical Series | F. Doig | Australian Natural History | Australian Musuem, Sydney | |
| Best Symposium Proceedings | M. Archer (ed.) | Possums and Oppossums: Studies in Evolution | Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Best Illustrated Book | W. Boles | The Robins and Flycatchers of Australia | Angus & Robertson, Sydney | |
| Best Text | I. Bennett | W.J. Dakin's Australian Seashores | Angus & Robertson, Sydney | |
| Excellence in Underwater Marine Photography | N. Coleman | Australian Sea Life South of 30 degrees S | Transworld Publishers | |
| Best Reference | D. Underhill | Australia's Dangerous Creatures | Reader's Digest, Sydney | |
| Highly Commended | G. Webb, S. Manolis, P. Whitehead | Wildlife Management: Crocodiles and Alligators | Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Highly Commended | W. Emison, C. Beardsell, F. Norman, R. Loyn | Atlas of Victorian Birds | Dept. of Conservation. Forest and Lands, Victoria/RAOU |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Reference Book | R. Breckwoldt | A Very Elegant Animal - The Dingo | Angus and Robertson | |
| Best Children's Book | T. Catterwell | Aldita and the Forest | Houghton Mifflin | |
| Best Issue of a Zoological Periodical | Fiona Doig and Georgina Hickey (eds) | Australian Natural History, Vol. 22 Issue 12 | Australian Museum | |
| Best Field Guide | Graeme Gow | Graeme Gow's Complete Guide to Australian Snakes | Angus and Robertson | |
| Best Zoological Photo-essay | Eleanor Stoddart | The Australian Echidna | Houghton Mifflin | |
| Best Educational Series | B. Bird and J. Short | An Introduction to Insects and Crocodilians | Martin Educational | |
| Commended | Graham Pizzey | A Garden of Birds | Viking O'Neil | |
| Commended | A. Lee and R. Martin | The Koala - A Natural History | University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, NSW |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Zoological Handbook | T.F. Flannery | Mammals of New Guinea | E.J. Brill/Robert Brown and Associates | |
| Best Animal Biology Text | G. Webb and C. Manolis | Graham Webb's Crocodiles of Australia | Reed Books, Chatswood, NSW | |
| Best Natural History Periodical | F. Doig and G. Hickey (eds) | Australian Natural History | Australian Museum, Sydney | |
| Best Symposium Proceedings | G. Grigg, I. Hume and P. Jarman (eds) | Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-kangaroos | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Best Junior Series | E. Stoddart | Austrlaian Junior Field Guides | Weldon Publishing | |
| Commendation | D. Lunney, C.A. Urquhart and P. Reed | Koala Summit: Managing Koalas in New South Wales | New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville, NSW |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Field Guide | G. Swan | 1990 | A Field Guide to the Snakes and Lizards of New South Wales | Three Sisters Publications, Winmalee, NSW |
| Best Illustrated Book | M. Morcombe | 1990 | Australian Birds in the Wilderness | Child and Associates Publishing, Frenchs Forest, NSW |
| Best Zoological Handbook | S. Marchant and P.J. Higgins (eds) | 1990 | Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antartic Birds. Vol 1. Ratites to Ducks, Parts A and B | Oxford Univ. Press, Melbourne |
| Best Zoological Periodical | F. Doig (ed.) | 1990-1991 | Australian Natural History | Australian Museum, Sydney |
| Best Children's Book | P. Reynolds | 1990 | Tom's Friend | Allen and Unwin, North Sydney |
| Best Children's Educational Series | H.F. Recher | 1991 | Australian Musuem's Young Naturalist Series: Exploring Nature in Forests | Reed Books, Balgowlah, NSW |
| C. Smithers | 1991 | Australian Musuem's Young Naturalist Series: Exploring Nature in Towns and Cities | Reed Books, Balgowlah, NSW | |
| N. Tait and R. Stutchbury | 1991 | Australian Musuem's Young Naturalist Series: Exploring Nature in Lakes, Rivers & Creeks | Reed Books, Balgowlah, NSW | |
| P. van Oosterzee adn S.R. Morton | 1991 | Australian Musuem's Young Naturalist Series: Exploring Nature in the Deserts | Reed Books, Balgowlah, NSW | |
| Best Illustrated Children's Book | T. Oktober | 1991 | Bush Song | Hooder and Stoughton, Rydalmere, NSW |
| Highly Commended | I. Hutton | 1991 | Birds of Lord Howe Island. Past and Present | Published by hte author |
| Highly Commended | W. Longmore | 1991 | Honeteaters and their Allies of Australia | Collins/Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, NSW |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Zoological Handbook | R. Shine | 1991 | Australian Snakes: A Natural History | Reed Books, Balgowlah, NSW |
| Best Zoological History Book | G. Monteith | 1991 | The Butterfly Man of Kuranda, Frederick Parkhurst Dodd | Queensland Museum, Brisbane |
| Best Field Guide | P. Horner | 1992 | Skinks of the Northern Territory | Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin |
| Best Paleontology Book | M. Archer, S.J. Hand and H. Godthelp | 1991 | Riversleigh: The Story of Animals in Ancient Rainforests of Inland Australia | Reed Books, Balgowlah, NSW |
| Best Illustrated Book | D. Holland | 1991 | Birds of the Night. Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia | Reed Books, Balgowlah, NSW |
| Best Zoological Periodical | F. Doig and G. Hickey (eds) | 1991-92 | Australian Natural History | Australian Museum, Sydney |
| Best Children's Educational Series | P. Reilly (text), W. Rolland (illus.) | 1989-1992 | Picture Roo Books Series | Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW |
| Commended | N.L. McKenzie, R.B. Johnston and P.R. Kendrick (eds) | 1991 | Kimberley Rainforests of Australia | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW |
| Commended | K.F. Kenneally and N.L. McKenzie | 1991 | Companion to Kimberley Rainforests | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Field Guide | D.G. Fautin and G.R. Allen | 1992 | Field Guide to the Anemonefishes and their Host Sea Anemones | Western Australian Museum, Perth |
| Best Zoological History Book | D. Tunbridge | 1991 | The Story of the Flinders Ranges Mammals | Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW |
| Best Reference Book | P. Mather and I. Bennett | 1993 | Coral Reef Handbook: A guide to the Geology, Flora and Fauna of the Great Barrier Reef | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW |
| Best Zoological Periodical | F. Doig, G. Hickey and J. Saunders (eds) | 1992-93 | Australian Natural History | Australian Museum Trust, Sydney |
| Best Children's Educational Books | D. Clyne | 1992 | Catch Me if You Can, and Cicada Sing Song | Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW |
| Best Illustrated Children's Book | T. Oktober | 1992 | Bush Walk | Hodder and Stoughton, Sydney |
| Commended | G. Wilson, N. Dexter, P. O'Brien and M. Bomford | 1992 | Pest Animals in Australia: A Survey of Introduced Wild Animals | Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW and Bureau of Rural Resources, Canberra |
| Commended | J. Morris and L. Tracey | 1992 | Australian Bats | Greater Glider Productions, Maleny, Qld |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Handbook | S Marchant and P.J. Higgins (eds) | 1993 | Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, Vol. 2: Raptors to Plovers | Oxford University Press, Melbourne |
| Best Faunal Review | C. GLasby, G. Ross and P. Beesley (eds) | 1993 | Fauna of Australia, Vol 2A: Amphibia and Reptilia | Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra |
| Best Field Guide | M. Robinson | 1993 | A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia from Port Augusta to Fraser Island including Tasmania | Australian Museum/Reed |
| Best Introductory Natural History | A..J. Underwood and M.G. Chapman | 1993 | Seashores: A Beachcomber's Guide | University of NSW Press, Kensington, NSW |
| Best Children's Book | J. Bruce (text), J. Wade (illus.) | 1993 | Austranimals | Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW |
| Best Illustrated Children's Book (Paintings) | J. Morris and L. Tracey | 1993 | Australian Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars | Greater Glider Productions, Maleny, Qld |
| Best Illustrated Children's Book (Photographs) | K. Atkinson | 1993 | Life in a Rotten Log | Little Ark Books, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Testbook | B. Knox, P. Ladiges and B. Evans (eds) | 1994 | Biology | McGraw-Hill, Sydney |
| Best Monograph Series | W.W.K. Houston, Executive Editor | Zoological Catalogue of Australia | CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic Note: Earlier vols. published by Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra |
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| Best Individual Monograph Series | I.F.B. Common (ed.) | Oecophorine Genera of Australia. I. The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). o of Australian Lepidoptera, Vol. 3 | CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic. | |
| Best Natural History (Joint Winner) | L. Corbett | The Dingo in Australia and Asia | University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, NSW | |
| Best Natural History (Joint Winner) | B. Simon-Brunet | The Silken Web: A Natural History of Australian Spiders | Reed Books, Sydney | |
| Best Popular Natural History (Joint Winner) | P. Conder | With Wings on their Fingers | Angus and Robertson, Sydney | |
| Best Popular Natural History (Joint Winner) | G. Taylor | Whale Sharks:The Giants of Ningaloo Reef | Angus and Robertson, Sydney | |
| Best Conservation Biology Textbook | C. Moritz and J. Kikkawa (eds) | Conservation Biology in Australia and Oceania | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Best Conservation Biology Series | L.C. Llewellyn (ed.) | Species Management Report Series | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville, NSW | |
| Best Children's Book | Guundie and G. Kuchling | Yakkin the Swamp Tortoise: The Most Dangerous Year | Chelonia Enterprises | |
| Commended | T.F. Flannery | 1995 | Mammals of the South-west Pacific and Moluccan Islands | Reed Books, Chatswood, NSW |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best National Natural History | R. Strahan (ed.) | The Mammals of Australia | Reed Books, Chatswood, NSW | |
| Best Regional Natural History | P. Menkhorst (ed.) | Mammals of Victoria | Oxford University Press, Melbourne | |
| Best Popular Zoology | P. Olsen | Australian Birds of Prey | University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, NSW | |
| Best Field Guide | P. Zborowski and R. Storey | A Field Guide to Insects of Australia | Reed Books, Chatswood, NSW | |
| Best Symposium Proceedings | R.A. Bradstock, T.D. Auld, D.A. Keith, R.T. Kingsford, D. Lunney and D.P. Sivertsen | 1997 | Conserving Biodiversity: Threats and Solutions | Suurey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW |
| Best Zoological Illustrations | D.T. Anderson | Atlas of Invertebrate Anatomy | University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, NSW | |
| Best Animal Care Manual | B. Smith | Caring for Possums | Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW | |
| Best Children's Book | T. Oktober | Bushfire | Hodder Headline Australia, Sydney | |
| Best Practical Zoology | K. Casey | Attracting Frogs to Your Garden | Kimberly Publications |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Historical Zoology | P. van Oosterzee | Where World's Collide | Reed Books | |
| Best Zoological Whimsy | R. Strahan and P. Conder | The Incomplete Book of Australian Mammals | Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW | |
| Best Checklist | E.S. Heilsen and E.D. Edwards (eds) | Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Mongraphs on Australian Lepidoptera, Vol. 4 | CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic | |
| Best Conference Proceedings | S. Stephens and S. Maxwell | Back From the Brink | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Best Conservation Biology | D. Lindenmayer | Wildlife and Woodchips | University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, NSW | |
| Best General Zoology | G.J. Edgar | Australian Marine Life | Reed Books | |
| Best Invertebrate Zoology | D. Rentz | Grasshopper Country | University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, NSW | |
| Best Children's Book | J. Morris and D. Dye | The Wombat Who Taked to the Stars | Greater Glider Productions, Maleny, Qld | |
| Best Children's Series | New South Wales Boards of Studies | Big Mob Books for Little Fullas: What am I? and Little Flying Fox | New South Wales Boards of Studies |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Field Guide | K. Griffiths | 1998 | Frogs and Reptiles of the Sydney Region | University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, NSW |
| Best Symposium Proceedings | M. Hindell and C. Kemper (eds) | 1998 | Marine Mammal Research in the Southern Hemisphere, Part 1 | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW |
| Best Multi-authored Work | N.R. Saunders and L.A. Hinds (eds) | 1998 | Marsupial Biology: Recent Research, New Perspectives | University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, NSW |
| Best History | M.S. Upton | 1998 | A Rich and Diverse Fauna: The History of the Australian National Insect Collection, 1926-1991 | CSIRO Publsihing, Melbourne |
| Best Illustrated Book | P. Slater | 1998 | Australian Birds | Steve Parish Publishing, Fortitude Valley, Qld |
| Best Lower Primary Book | K.M. Toft and A. Sheather | 1998 | One Less Fish | University of Queensland Press, St Lucis, Qld |
| Best Upper Primary Book | T. Oktober | 1998 | Rainforest | Hodder Headline Australia, Sydney |
| Best Junior Secondary Series | P. Slater | 1998 | Amazing Facts: seven book series on zoological topics | Steve Parish Publishing, Fortitude Valley, Qld |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Zoological Handbook | P.J. Higgins (senior ed.) | 1998 | Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, Vol. 4: Parrots to Dollarbird | Oxford University Press, Melbourne |
| Best Conservation Biology Text | M.A. Burgman and D.B. Lindenmayer | Conservation Biology for the Australian Environment | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Best Natural History Book | J. Cann | Australian Freshwater Turtles | J. Cann | |
| Best Zoological Review | A. Greer | The Biology and Evolution of Australian Snakes | Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW | |
| Best Zoological Series | L. Egerton (series ed.) | Australian Greem Guide series | New Holland Publishers | |
| Best Zoological Periodical | J. Saunders (ed.) | Nature Australia | Australian Museum Trust, Sydney | |
| Best Children's Book - Early Childhood | G. Fleming | Pobblebonks | Hodder Headline Australia, Sydney | |
| Best Children's Book - Middle Childhood | T. Oktober | Reef | Hodder Headline Australia, Sydney | |
| Best Children's Book - Older Children | N. Oliver | Sand Swimmer | Lothian Books |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Illustrated | D. Hollands | Kingfishers and Kookaburras | Holland Publishers | |
| Best Natural History Book | R. Martin and K. Handysyde | The Koala: Natural History, Conservation and Management | University of New South Wales Press | |
| Best Field Guide | G.M. Storr, L.A. Smith and R.E. Johnstone | Lizards of Western Australia. 1. Skinks | West Australian Museum | |
| Best Specialist Periodical | M. Julian (ed.) | Wingspan | Birds Australia | |
| Best Natural History Periodical | Nature Australia | Australian Museum Trust, Sydney | ||
| Best Children's Book - Educational | J. Morris | Mahogany the Mystery Glider | Greater Glider Productions | |
| Best Children's Book - Environmental | T. Oktober | Wetlands | Hodder Headline Australia, Sydney | |
| Best Children's Book - Story and Illustration | P. Macinnis and J. Bowring, Illustrated by K. Gamble | The Ranforest | Pengiun Australia |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best Popular Zoology | Pat Slater | Encyclopedia of Australian Wildlife | Steve Parish Publishing | |
| Best Children's Book | J. Brice, illus. G. Rogers | The PlatyPus: What is it? | Penguin Books Australia | |
| Best Field Guide | A. Dollin, M Batley, M. Robinson, B. Faulkner | Native Bees of the Sydney Region: A Field Guide | Australian Native Bee Research Centre | |
| Best Zoological Periodical | M. Julian (ed.) | Wingspan | Birds Australia | |
| Best Marine Zoology | G.J.Edgar | Australian Marine Habitats in Temperate Waters | New Holland Publishers | |
| Best Historical Zoology | A. Moyal | Platypus | Allen and Unwin | |
| Best Zoological CD | J.F. Lawrence, A.M. Hastings, M.J. Dallwitz, T.A. Paine and E.J. Zurcher | Beetles of the World | CSIRO Publishing | |
| Best Zoological Compendium | P.L. Beesley, G.J.B. Ross, C.J. Glasby and I. Hallam (eds) | Fauna of Australia, Vol 4A. Polychaetes and allies | CSIRO Publishing | |
| Best Zoological Reference | E.D. Edwards, J. Newland, L. Regan | Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6 Lepidoptera: Hesperoidea & Papilionidae | CSIRO Publishing | |
| Best Zoological Handbook | P.J. Higgins, J.M. Peter and W.K. Steele (eds) | Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Bids. Vol. 5 Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats | Oxford Univ. Press |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year of publ. | Title | Publisher |
| Best scientific textbook: | Paul Dangerfield, Andrew Austin & Graeme Baker | 2001 | Biology, Ecology and Systematics of Australian Scelio | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
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| Best Conference Proceedings | G.C.Grigg, F.Seebacher and C.E.Franklin (eds) | Crocodilian Biology and Evolution | Surrey Beatty and Sons P.L | |
| Best Popular History Book | James Woodford. | The Secret Life of Wombats | Text Publishing | |
| Best Natural History Magazine | J. Saunders (ed) | Nature
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| Best Field Guide | Diana Jones and Gary Morgan. | A field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters | Reed New Holland | |
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| Best Upper Primary Children's Book | Kim Mitchell Toft and |
Turtle Song | University of QLd Press | |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year | Title | Publisher |
| Best Zoological Handbook. | Birds Australia | Volume
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Invertebrates Series, 6 Books: Molluscs, Myriapods, Cephalopods, Crustacea, Annelids, Echinoderms. | Macmillan Education | |
| Best Zoological Series | Volume editors: W.W.K. Houston, P.L. Beesley, A. Wells, Australian Biological Resources Study | Four volumes of the “Zoological Catalogue of Australia” | CSIRO
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| Authors: Gerry Cassis and Gordon F. Gross. | Volume 27.3B Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha) | CSIRO
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| Author: Chuck.L. Bellamy | Volume 29.5 Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. | CSIRO
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| Author: Peter J.F. Davie | Volume 19.3B Crustacea: Malacostraca Eucarida (part 2) Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. | CSIRO
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| Best Specialist Periodical | Wingspan | Birds Australia | ||
| Best Zoological Periodical | Jennifer
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Nature |
Australian
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| John Long, Mike Archer, Tim Flannery and Sue Hand | Prehistoric
Mammals of |
NSW University Press |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year | Title | Publisher |
| Best Field Guides | Steve Wilson & Gerry Swan | A
Complete Guide to Reptiles of |
New
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| Best Marine Text | Nick Gales et al,. eds. | Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues | CSIRO Publishing | |
| Best Historical zoology | David Owen | Thylacine | Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd. | |
| Best
Periodical |
Jennifer Saunders, ed | Nature
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Australian
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| Best Interactive Key | "R.S. Wilson, P.A. Hutchings, C.J. Glasby, eds | Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide | CSIRO Publishing | |
| Best Freshwater text | Nils Andersen & Tom Weir | Australian Waterbugs: Their Biology and Identification |
CSIRO
Publishing
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| Best Evolutionary text | B.J.
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Evolution of Ecological and Behavioural Diversity: Australian Acacia Thrips as Model Organisms | ABRS & ANIC | |
| Best Teachers Resource | NPWS |
Mitch the Rainforest Snail | NPWS |
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| Best Children's Series | Greg Pyers | Life in a Rock Pool, Gum Tree, Creek and Desert Dune | Heinemann Library, Harcourt Education | |
| Best Illustrated Children's Series | Gary Crew & Mark Wilson | I
Did Nothing: The Extinction of the Gastric Brooding Frog I Said Nothing: The Extinction of the |
Lothian Books |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year | Title | Publisher |
| Best field guide | Michael Braby | The Complete Field Guide To Butterflies Of Australia | CSIRO publishing | |
| Best systematic zoology | Gary Poore | Marine Decapod Crustacea Of Southern Australia | CSIRO publishing | |
| Best cd identification guide | Leslie Newman, Lester Cannon | Fabulous Flatworms | ABRS and CSIRO publishing | |
| Best popular zoology | Tim Flannery | Country | text publishing | |
| Best beginner’s guide | Louise Egerton | Know Your Birds | Reed New Holland | |
| Best electronic data base | Stephen Sleightholme | International Thylacine Specimen Data Base | Stephen Sleightholme | |
| Best periodical | J. Saunders (ed.) |
Nature |
Australian Museum Trust | |
| Best children’s series | Greg Pyers | Life Cycles of Australian Animals | Echidna Books | |
| Best illustrated children’s book | Kim Michelle Toft | The World That We Want |
University
Of |
| Category | Author(s)/ Editor(s) | Year | Title | Publisher |
| Best Children's Book | Rachel Tonkin |
Leaf Litter, Exploring the Mysteries of a Hidden World | Angus and Robertson | |
| For a conservation manual - | Author: Harald Ehmann | South Australian Rangelands and Aboriginal
Land Wildlife Management Manual |
Dept of Water, Land & Biodiversity
Conservation, SA
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| Best Zoological Periodical | Content Editor: Penny Olsen Production Editor: Sophie Knezic Designer: Andrea Williamson |
Wingspan, For Birds and Birdwatchers |
Birds Australia | |
| For natural history | Authors: Aleks Terauds & Fiona Stewart | Albatross, Elusive Mariners of the Southern Ocean | Reed New Holland | |
| For a conservation resource | Authors: Mark Clayton, John Wombey, Ian Mason, Terry Chesser & Alice Wells | CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates; A reference with conservation status | CSIRO Publishing | |
| On urban fauna |
Author: Ian Temby |
Wild Neighbours |
Citrus Press
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| For the natural history of an iconic species |
Author: Penny Olsen |
Wedge-tailed Eagle |
CSIRO Publishing | |
| For the best conservation text |
Authors: David Lindenmayer & Mark Burgman |
Practical Conservation Biology |
CSIRO Publishing
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| For an identification key (CD) |
Authors: Matthew Colloff, Anne Hastings, Fiona
Spier & Jean Devonshire CSIRO Entomology |
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Centipedes of Australia | CSIRO Publishing |
| Best children's story | Author: Meredith Hooper Illustrator: Emma Quay |
Emily and Alfie | Hachette Childrens Books Australia | |
| For the illustrations in a limited edition | Illustrator: Rosemary Woodford Ganf | Marsupials of Australia Vol 3 Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-kangaroos | Mallon Publishing |
Last updated on 23 April, 2008