Search this site
ANPSA and its affiliated Societies have a range of material on Australian native plants available for download. Some material is available directly from this site while other information is located on external sites. For convenience a list of available information has been compiled below.
- 'Australian Plants' Vol. 1 No. 1 - the very first issue of the Society's colour journal dating from 1959.
- 'Australian Plants' Index Files.
- 'Getting Started' - a booklet aimed at the new grower of Australian native plants.
- 'APS Query' - a free program for Windows which enables the selection of Australian native plants to suit specific requirements.
- Australian Native Plant Brochures - compiled by members of our Queensland Region.
- Recent issues of ANPSA Study Group newsletters.
- Back issues of Gumnuts - ANPSA's previous email newsletter.
'Australian Plants' Vol. 1 No. 1
 |
Those who have been members of any of the member Societies of ANPSA for any length of time will know that its primary publication is the journal 'Australian Plants' which was first published in December 1959.
If you've ever wondered how it all began, Volume 1 Number 1 is now available for download. However, be aware that it's a large download (about 10MB) because it's been scanned at a resolution large enough for legible printing.
Contents:
- How to Grow Waratahs
- The Treatment of Seed
- The Proteaceae
- The Genus Telopea (with botanical illustrations)
- The Inflorescence
- What's New from WA
- How do Waratahs Grow?
- Front and back photographs by the famous Australian photographer, Frank Hurley
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file. If you don't have it, you can download Acrobat Reader free.
Download Now [10 MB]
'Australian Plants' Index Files
'Australian Plants' has been in continuous publication for over 50 years with well over 200 issues. Needless to say, finding particular articles of interest can be difficult. To assist readers, index files have been created. These now cover Volumes 1 to 24 (issues 1 to 197) and can be freely downloaded as PDF files from the Australian Plants Society (NSW) website.
'Getting Started'
 |
'Getting Started' is a 32 page publication aimed at the new grower of Australian native plants (although more experienced growers will find some useful information as well!). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file. If you don't have it, you can download Acrobat Reader free.
'Getting Started' covers:
- Myths and Fables
- The Soil
- Selection of Plants
- Plant Propagation
- Potting On
- Planting Out
- Watering
- Pest Control
- Potted Plants
- Further Information
'APS Query'
'APS Query' is a free program for Windows which enables the selection of Australian native plants to suit specific requirements. It has been developed by Howard Harvey.
APS Query uses a database created and maintained by the Australian Plants Society (S.A. Region, Inc), which contains descriptions of approximately 4500 native plants. Most are proper species, but also includes a number of common hybrids and cultivars.
The database has been developed with emphasis on plant characteristics in Mediterranean to semi-arid climatic conditions. It will best relate to South Australian conditions, and is reasonably close for Western Australia and Victoria. However, it may be less accurate for eastern seaboard environments.
APS Query features include:
- Extensive suite of search key criteria, divided into categories.
- On-screen view of a Brief Information Page for all plants matching the specified criteria.
- On-screen view of a Full Information Page for plants selected from the Brief Information Page.
- Ability to save information as files, or to print any selection from either plant list.
- Option preferences are stored in the Windows Registry.
- Font selection (including colour) is independently defined for the Information Pages.
- Quick Preview (via a separate window) of Full Information.
- Quick Search for a known Genus and species, a Basic criteria selection, or for Keywords.
- Ability to display photographs of selected plants.
- Compatible with Windows XP Themes settings.
Note: The download link goes directly to the APS Query website.
Australian Native Plant Brochures
These brochures have been compiled by members of the Queensland Region of ANPSA and cover the following topics:
- Plant an Aussie Plant Today - General advice on growing Australian native plants.
- Down the Garden Path with 'Aussie Plant' - Lists of Australian native plants suitable for South-East Queensland.
- Australian Plants for Containers - General advice and lists of Australian native plants for growing in containers.
- How to Attract Native Birds to your Garden - General advice and lists of appropriate plants.
- How to attract Butterflies to your Garden - General advice and lists of appropriate plants.
- Growing Grevilleas - General advice and lists of varieties suitable for South-East Queensland.
- Wattles are Wonderful - General advice and lists of varieties suitable for South-East Queensland.
Note: The download link goes directly to the download page on the Queensland Region's website.
Study Group Newsletters
The Study Groups established by the Society produce regular newsletters to document the work of members and to provide information on cultivation, propagation and other information for the particular plants being studied.
Some of those newsletters are now generally available for download:
- Acacia (from the World Wide Wattle web site)
- Banksia
- Bonsai
- Garden Design
- Grevillea
Further information on the work of the Study Groups is available here.
Gumnuts Newsletter Archive
"Gumnuts" was an email newsletter published from 1997 to 2004.
Each of the archive files below contains about 10 issues of the "Gumnuts" newsletter compressed in ZIP format. To expand (decompress) the ZIP file you will need an "unzipping" utility. These are readily available as freeware and shareware from the many online software libraries. Most computer magazine cover disks will usually include a suitable utility. An excellent utility for Windows users is Freebyte Zip.
After downloading the article(s), use the unzipping utility to expand the files to a suitable location on your hard disk.
Viewing the "Gumnuts files
- Issues 1 to 30 are in HTML format. After decompressing, these issues should be loaded into your favourite web browser for viewing.
- Issues 31 onward are plain text files. After decompressing, these issues can be viewed in any wordprocesser or in most text editors.
If you have any problems, please let us know.
- Download Issues 1 to 10 (December 1997 to January 1999)
- Download Issues 11 to 20 (February 1999 to December 1999)
- Download Issues 21 to 30 (January 2000 to November 2000)
- Download Issues 31 to 40 (December 2000 to November 2001)
- Download Issues 41 to 50 (December 2001 to February 2003)
- Download Issues 51 to 64 (March 2003 to November 2004)
The 'Gumnuts' email newsletter was replaced in May 2006 by a blog which itself went into recess in October 2009. Past issues of the blog are still available for viewing via the Australian National Library's Pandora Web Archive.