Picture Trails: The Environment

Freshwater

Explore the ways we use freshwater, animals that live in freshwater and some scenic images of freshwater in Australia.

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Willem van Aken, Child drinking glass of water, Perth, WA, 1975, File no: PSH_WGN002_029, CSIRO Land and Water, CSIRO (detail)

The Year of the Outback

Take a look at life in some of Australia's most remote places.

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Mustering cattle on the Bogong high plains, a rough customer (detail); Calvert, Samuel (1828-1913); 1892; National Library of Australia

Australian animals

Animals that hop, a Tasmanian Tiger and bear-like creatures living in trees!

View many of the unusual creatures unique to Australia in the Australian animals trail.

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Koala and young (detail); Lewin, JW; 1803; State Library of New South Wales

National parks

There are more than 540 national parks in Australia. They are managed by Commonwealth and State agencies for their high-level conservation values including indigenous plant and animal species and cultural heritage.

View images of the natural environment protected in these parks.

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Blue Mountains National Park (detail); Flood, Dr J; 1988; Australian Heritage Commission

Birds of Australia

Australia has a wide and wonderful variety of birds. Recording them has long been a goal of artists and illustrators with some very beautiful results.

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Alcyone Azurea 1848 (detail); Gould, John, 1804-1881; State Library of Tasmania