A nature lovers' notebook / by T.P. Bellchambers ; edited, with a foreword by Herbert Basedow

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Bellchambers, T. P. (Thomas Paine), 1857-1929
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N 570.7 BEL
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Adelaide : Nature Lovers' League, [1931]
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NATURE-LOVER’S NOTEBOOK 1
NATURE-LOVER’S NOTEBOOK 2
Foreword 4
Hindmarsh Island Long Ago. MEMORIES OF MANY YEARS. 6
Mundalleo Strike. AND A DINGO HUNT. 13
Fire Making HOW THE ART AROSE. A LEGENDARY FABLE. 16
Passing Race THE END OF THE LONG TRAIL. 23
Hoohow and Hoola A STORY OF THE MALLEE FOWL. (Dedicated to Miss E, S. Abbott as a mark of the Author’s appreciation of a generous and most helpful friendship.) 30
Tadpoles and Frogs A MEMORY OF THE SOUTHERN TRACK. 37
Our Feathered Friends 41
Wood Swallow 42
Man at War with Nature ATTACK UNDER COVER OF SMOKE CLOUDS. 43
Pearls and Swine 44
Fauna Propagation 45
Birth of Spring NATURE’S CALL TO LOVE AND SACRIFICE. 46
Grey Kangaroo 48
Pages from the Past LIVING FOSSILS. 49
Visitors THE NEED FOR SANCTUARY. 50
How Drought Affects Wild Life THE BLACK-TAILED NATIVE HEN. 52
Laughing Demon IN DEFENCE OF HIM. 54
Nature’s Consideration 58
Mother Love in Nature’s Kingdom 60
Nature and Civilised Man THE POISON MENACE. 61
Instinct-What is it NEST EVOLUTION. 66
Winter Butterfly 68
Spiders 69
Frog’s Annual Concert 70
Ends of the Rainbow NATURE’S WONDERFUL STORY. 71
Punyelroo Cave ABORIGINAL LEGEND. EXPLANATORY EXPERIENCES. 79
Chums NATURE’S CHILDREN AT PLAY. 80
Diggers of the Old Sea Bed HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT. 81
Past and Present WILD LIFE OF THE HUMBUG SCRUB. 90
Age of toe E QUAINT NATIVE CUSTOMS. 114
Power of the Totem 158
Trip to Panaramatee 167
Jock, the Foundling A DOMESTICATED CHOUGH. 170
Our Aborigines 172
Wounded Heron 176
Poor Cocky HIS CHEQUERED CAREER. 178
Twin Birth among the Wallabies 181
Kangaroos A SPECIAL ARTICLE FOR MY YOUNG FRIENDS. 183
Exciting Drama of the Bush EXPERIENCES OF STUMPY JACK. THE TRAGEDY OF SPORT. 186
Goanna 190
White-Winged Chough (Jay) 191
Curlew DOOMED BY THE FOX. 193
Clever Feathered Masons 194
Call of the Wilds. Part I. 195
Call of the Wilds. Part II. 197
Call of the Wilds. Part III. 203
Wilpena pound GEM OF THE NORTH. 207
Bush Ramble THE INTIMACY OF NATURE’S CREATION. 209
Koala, or Native Bear 211
Nightingale and Reed-Warbler 212
When Summer Grips the Bush TRAGEDY OF A HEAT BLAST. YARNS AROUND THE CAMP FIRE. 213
Things, Theories, and Thoughts THE BEE-EATERS’ HABITS. 216

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Bellchambers, T. P, Basedow, Herbert and Nature Lovers' League (Adelaide, S.A.). A nature lovers' notebook Adelaide: Nature Lovers' League, 1931. Web. 25 April 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52809803>

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