The National Library Magazine
Our quarterly magazine
June 2012
On the cover:
Ellis Rowan’s freshly plucked bunch of flowers contains Banksia marginata and Banksia ericifolia subsp. ericifolia. The word marginata comes from the Latin marginatus (bordered) after the lower surfaces of the leaves, which often appear to have a border as a result of curved margins. Ericifolia comes from Erica, a genus of heaths in Europe and Africa, and the Latin folium (a leaf) after the leaves’ resemblance to those of some species of Erica. Read about the origins of the names of other banksias.
Contents:
- The Naming of Banksias (473KB PDF File)
- The Life and Times of Hedley Gates (95KB)
- Owen Stanley and the Rattlesnake (281KB PDF File)
- Two Expatriates in Europe (361KB PDF File)
- The Other Banks (591KB PDF File)
- The Queensland Shearers' Strike in the 1890s (536KB PDF File)
- The Transit of Venus (174KB PDF File)
- A Vision of Safety for the Australian Outback (452KB PDF File)
- The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme Turns 20 (197KB PDF File)
- Friends (805KB PDF File)
- Cover to Cover (3.57MB PDF File)
