National Resources

Geology

• A Photographic Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils; Author John L. Roberts
  
• The Geology of Australia; Author David Johnson
  
• Shaping a Nation: A Geology of Australia; Published by Geoscience Australia and ANU (also available as a FREE PDF  from the ANU E Press website)

Evolution

• The Evolution of Australia - 110 Million Years of Change; Author Australian Museum
  

Astronomy

• Astronomy Australia (2013) Your Guide to the Night Sky; Authors Ken Wallace, Glen Dawes, Peter Northfield (Annual Publication)
• Stars of the Southern Skies; Author Patrick Moore
  

Australian History

• Australia, An Illustrated History, From Dreamtime to the New Millennium; Author A.K. Macdougall

Animals - Australia

Bats

• Australian Bats; Author Sue Churchill

Birds

• Field Guide to Australian Birds; Author Michael Morcombe
• Field Guide to Birds of Australia; Author Simpson & Day
  
• The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds; Author Peter Slater, Pat Slater and Raoul Slater
  

Insects

• A Field Guide to Insects in Australia; Authors Paul Zborowski and Ross Storey
• The Compete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia; Authors Paul D Brock and Jack W Hasenpusch
  
  

Mammals

• Tracks, Scats and Other Traces - A Field Guide to Australian Mammals; Author Barbara Triggs
  
• Field Guide to Australian Mammals; Authors Cath Jones and Steve Parish

Reptiles

• Snakes of Australia; Authors Peter Mirtschin and Richard Davis
  
• A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Australia; Author Gerry Swan (The Australian Museum)
  
• Australian Lizards, A Natural History; Author Steve K Wilson

Plants - Australia

Identification

• Name That Flower - The Identification of Flowering Plants; Authors Ian Clarke and Helen Lee
  
• Gardener's Latin; Author Bill Neal
  
• Botanical Latin; Author William T. Stearn
  

Fungi

• A Field Companion to Australian Fungi; Author Bruce Fuhrer
  

General Plants

• Field Guide to Australian Wildflowers; Author Denise Greig
  

Fossils and Dinosaurs - Australia

Generally the below are reading books as opposed to field guides but they are full of information:

• A Century of Australian Dinosaurs; Authors Thomas H Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich
  
• Digging Up Deep Time; fossils, dinosaurs and megabeasts from Australia's distant past; Author Professor Michael Archer
• Dinosaurs in Australia, mesozoic life from the southern continent; Authors Benjamin P. Kear and Robert J. Hamilton-Bruce
• Australia’s Fossil Heritage: A Catalogue of Important Australian Fossil Sites; Author The Australian Heritage Council
  

Journals

• Australian Age of Dinosaurs Journal

Bush Tucker and Bush Medicines - Australia

• Australian Medicinal Plants; Authors E.V. Lassak & T. McCarthy
  

• Bushfires & Bushtucker - Aboriginal Plant Use in Central Australia; Author Peter Latz
  

• Wild Food Plants of Australia; Author Tim Low
  

• Bush Tucker Field Guide; Author Les Hiddens
  

Remember what we said about trusting you can find the resources now you know what to look for...