On 7 February 1837 Colonel Light completed a sketch plan for the 'town of Adelaide'. This colourful book traces how this vision grew into the attractive and comfortable city we know today. Photographs, illustrations, a chronology and a map of 'places to find' direct readers to Adelaide's distinctive features - its Aboriginal environment, its plan, its British foundations, its buildings and the growing enjoyment of its cultural diversity.

To celebrate 50 years since the first publication this book has been rereleased in an anniversary edition. Presents a chronological account of the author's experience breeding the platypus in captivity for the first time in history. The author, who died in 1993, designed and built the Australian section of the Melbourne Zoo, built and was Director of the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary at Healesville and established Fleay's Fauna Reserve at West Burleigh on Queensland's Gold Coast. He published numerous books on Australian fauna.

Adelaide's Park Lands have long been home to large events, as well as numberless small, private encounters. Until now, no book has been published to document this wealth of social activity. In The Adelaide Park Lands, Sumerling recounts tales both enchanting and bizarre from the time of earliest European settlement until present days.

A dictionary of biography containing records of the careers of men and women of distinction in the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand.