Award Winners 2011

Award Winners 2011 - 2008 Winners

2008 Winners

Whitley Medal winner

A Fragile Balance, the extraordinary story of Australian marsupials by Professor Christopher Dickman and published by Craftsman House and produced by Mallon Publishing. Chris Dickman is Professor of Ecology in the School of Biological Sciences and Director of the Institute of Wildlife Research, both at the University of Sydney.

Historical Zoology

Glimpses of Paradise, The Quest for the Beautiful Parrakeet by Penny Olsen, published by the National Library of Australia

Children's Book

The Shark Book: Fish with Attitude by Mark Norman, published by Black Dog Books

Young Naturalist

Bugs Alive, A Guide to keeping Australian Invertebrates by A Henderson, D Henderson and J Sinclair, published by Museum Victoria

Zoological Reference

The Mammals of Australia, editors Steve Van Dyck and Ronald Strahan, published by New Holland

Systematic Zoology

Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their Biology and Classification by Adam Slipinski, published by ABRS, Canberra

Zoological Illustration

Growing Up with Australian Birds by Raoul Slater, Steve Parish Publishing

Periodical

Wingspan, editors Penny Olsen and Sophie Knezic, published by Birds Australia

Field Natural History

Bowerbirds: Nature, Art, History by Clifford Frith and Dawn Frith, published by Frith and Frith Natural History
Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky Rat-Kangaroo by A Claridge, J Seebeck and R Rose, CSIRO Publishing

Zoological Manual

Otoliths of Common Australian Temperate Fish, a Photographic Guide by D Furlani, R Gales and D Pemberton, CSIRO Publishing

Field Guide

Shorebirds of Australia by A Geering, L Agnew and S Harding, CSIRO Publishing