Picture Trails: The Environment

Freshwater

2003 was the official International Year of Freshwater. Take a look at the Freshwater trail and explore the ways we use freshwater, animals that live in freshwater and some scenic images of freshwater in Australia.

The Year of the Freshwater web site is a good place to look for more information about the International Year of Freshwater.

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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

2002 was the official Year of the Outback. Follow the Year of the Outback trail for 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!

Get on the trail of Australian animals to view many more of the unusual creatures unique to Australia.

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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.

Follow the national parks trail for 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 birds, many unique. Recording them has long been a goal of artists and illustrators with some very beautiful results.

For images of the kookaburra to the currawong, take the birds trail.

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