Of Marsupials and Men
Paton, Alistair
A rollicking history of Australia's amateur scientists, from settlement to the present
To the first European colonists, Australian wildlife was bewildering. Marsupials and gum trees seemed strange and hostile, rabbits, sheep and oak trees were familiar and safe. A bustling animal trade soon developed in both directions: foxes, starlings and other reminders of 'home' were unleashed on the Australian landscape, while countless Australian anima...
