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2002 Whitley Awards
Whitley
Award- presented by the Royal Zoological Society for the best Australian
Natural History books published during 2001/2002.
Awards
and the Medal were presented on the 30th August 2002 at the
Australian Museum.
Winner
of the Whitley Medal
Whitley
Certificates
Best
scientific textbook: “Biology,
Ecology and Systematics of Australian Scelio”
Paul Dangerfield, Andrew Austin & Graeme Baker
Publication date: October 2001 RRP:
$170 Hardback 264pp
Published by: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Best
Illustrated Book:
“Feather and Brush Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art”
Penny Olsen Publication date: April 2001
RRP: $69.96 Hardback 240pp
Best
Conference Proceedings: “Crocodilian Biology and Evolution” Eds G.C.Grigg, F.Seebacher and C.E.Franklin. Surrey Beatty
and Sons P.L $ 99.00
Best
Popular Natural History Book:
The Secret Life of Wombats” James Woodford. $27.50. Text Publishing
Best
Natural History Magazine:
Nature Australia
Best
Field Guide:
For A field Guide to Crustaceans
of Australian Waters by Diana Jones and Gary Morgan.
Children’s
Whitleys:
Best
Children’s Illustrated Book “The
Waterhole” by Graeme Base- Penguin Australian.
Best
Children’s Series:
“Insect and Spider” Series- Australian Museum-
Best
Upper Primary Children’s Book:
“Turtle Song” by Kim Mitchell Toft and Alan Brown- University of Qld Press
A review of each of these books will appear in a forthcoming publication of the RZS.
