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Acacia Study Group Form
Signup form for the Acacia Study Group that sends a notification to the Study Group leader.Newsletter, 1968 to present
The Study Group produces four informative newsletters each year documenting reports from members into cultivation issues in various climatic zones, propagation methods, natural occurrences of different species and information on Group meetings and excursions. The following newsletters are available for download (Note: These are in pdf format and will require a PDF Reader to view them. Free readers include Foxit Reader and Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Almost all of the newsletters that have been published by the Group since its formation in 1961 are provided here as an archive, although the six missing issues in the First Series are believed to have been lost.
You can search the contents of the newsletters using the Search box above. Note that early issues have been scanned from paper copies before being processed via optical character recognition (OCR). As the success of OCR is highly dependent on the quality of the scans, searching may not be fully successful for those earlier issues.
Resources
These are a few internet and other resources on acacias that might prove useful:
Books:
- Armitage, I (1977), Acacias of New South Wales, Society for Growing Australian Plants, NSW Region.
- Elliot, W. R and Jones D (1982), The Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, Vol.2, Lothian Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne.
- Hitchcock, M (1991), Wattle, Australian Government Publishing Service.
- Pedley, L (1987), Acacias in Queensland.
- Rogers, F, Field Guide to the Wattles of Victoria.
- Simmons, M (1981), Acacias of Australia, Vol.1, Thomas Nelson Australia.
- Simmons, M (1987), Growing Acacias, Kangaroo Press.
- Simmons, M (1988), Acacias of Australia, Vol.2, Penguin Books Australia.
- Tame, T (1992), Acacias of South-east Australia, Kangaroo Press.
- Wibley, D (1980), Acacias of South Australia, South Australian Government Printer.
Journals:
Several issues of the Society’s journal “Australian Plants” are particularly useful for those interested in Acacia.
- Vol 10, No.82 March 1980; Microwave treatment of Acacia seed.
- Vol 11, No.91 June 1982; Wattles of the Grampians.
- Vol 14, No.114 March 1988; Outline of characteristics of Acacia.
- Vol 17, No.134 March 1993; Top End wattles for gardens.
- Vol 18, No.147 June 1986; Vegetative propagation of wattles.
- Vol 21, No.169 December 2001; Acacia leprosa ‘Scarlet
Internet:
- On-Line Key to Acacia – WATTLE ver 2.2 This is an interactive, web-based service to help people identify any species of wattle and access further information on a particular species. This link leads to the Lucid Key Server – to find the Acacia key, use the ‘Search’ menu option on that page to search for Acacia.
- Acacia – Australian National Botanic Gardens. Includes many species and photos.
- Acacia – An Introduction
- Acacia Seed Raising
- A Simple Botany of Wattles
- Acacia leprosa “Scarlet Blaze” – a red-flowered wattle!
- Acacia leprosa and “Scarlet Blaze”
- Acacia Name Issue
- Another view on Racosperma.
- Cheery Acacias
- Dead Finish – Acacia tetragonaphylla
- Edible Acacias
- Golden Wattle – Acacia pycnantha, Australia’s floral emblem.
- Growing Native Plants – a series of plant profiles by the Australian National Botanic Gardens; includes a number of acacias.
- If You Start Sneezing don’t Blame the Acacias
- Mulga – Acacia aneura
- Proposed Name Changes in Acacia
- Wattles and Bushfires
- Wattle Day – a Short History
- Wattle Day Association
- Wattle It Be? By Seed or Cuttings? – Tradition says that wattles can’t be easily grown from cuttings. Stupid tradition….
- World Wide Wattle An extensive site designed to inform, educate and promote the conservation, utilisation and enjoyment of Australian Acacia species.