Useful links
The following links contain further resources which you may find useful:
- Soils
- Climate
- Vegetation
- Fauna
- Fire
- Aboriginal people
- Mining
- Grazing
- Water catchment
- Recreation and tourism
- Conservation
- For teachers
Soils
Climate
- Climate change and the Alps
- Kosciuszko National Park climate data - NSW National parks and Wildlife Service
- Thredbo
- Perisher
- Falls Creek
- Charlotte Pass
- Mt Buller
- Climate Change
- Garnaut Climate Change Review - Impact of climate change on Australia's alpine areas (PDF - 88KB)
- keepwintercool.com.au
- NSW Climate Impact Profile - NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
- Climate change impacts on biodiversity - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Climate change science - ACT Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate
- Alpine ecosystems - climatepositive.org
- climatechange.gov.au - Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Vegetation
- Australian Alps bioregion overview - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Australian Alps montane grasslands - The Encyclopedia of Earth
- Plant and animal fact files - Parks Victoria
- Pests and weeds - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Orange hawkweed management - weeds.gov.au
Fauna
- General fauna
- Threatened species - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Native animal factsheets - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Australian Alps biodiversity - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Australian Alps bioregional scale conservation - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Draft NSW Biodiversity strategy - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Native fauna - mtbuller.com.au
- Kangaroos in the snow (YouTube) - NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services
- Monaro (Part A) CMA sub-region - NSW Threatened Species
- Monaro (Part B) CMA sub-region - NSW Threatened Species
- Monaro (Part C) CMA sub-region - NSW Threatened Species
- Corroboree frog
- Corroboree frog field trip on YouTube - Taronga Conservation Society Australia
- Inside Taronga's corroboree frog conservation container on YouTube - Taronga Conservation Society Australia
- Corroboree frog update from Mt Kosciuszko on YouTube - Taronga Conservation Society Australia
- Northern corroboree frog - ACT Parks, Conservation and Lands
- Mountain pygmy-possum
Fire
- Bushfire history - major bushfires in Victoria - Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment
- Students and teachers fire resources - Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment
- Bushfire risk management in Victoria's high country - Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment
- Bushfire education - bushfireeducation.vic.edu.au
- Fire and grazing in the Australian alpine landscapes - CSIRO
- Bushfire risk management planning - NSW Rural Fire Service
- Impacts of climate change on natural hazards profiles - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Bushfire management and national environmental law - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Bushfires - ACT Emergency Services Agency
Aboriginal people
- Aboriginal heritage of the Australian Alps
- Australian Alps first people's gathering | Jindabyne 30 April - 2 May 2010
- Australian Alps Traditional Owners Reference Group (AATORG) - Terms of Reference
- Aboriginal people and cultural life - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- The Dulugar - a mythical Aboriginal creature found in the Alps on YouTube - Parks Victoria
- Indigenous history - Kiandra Historical Society
Mining
- Australian Alps mining heritage conservation and presentation strategy
- Red Robin gold mine and battery, Heritage listed location - onmydoorstep.com.au
- Walhalla information - ausemade.com.au
Grazing
- Investigation of fuel and fire management in Victoria's high country using strategic cattle grazing - Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment
- Fire and grazing in the Australian alpine landscapes - CSIRO
- Science the loser in Victoria's alpine grazing trial - theconversation.edu.au
- Media release 1 March 2011: Victorian Government must provide information on alpine grazing - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Media release 31 January 2012: Grazing proposal in Victorian Alpine National Park clearly unacceptable - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Environment Minister Tony Burke and Phil Ingamells discuss alpine grazing on YouTube - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Water catchment
- The Snowy River - NSW Office of Water
- The Snowy Mountains Scheme - snowyhydro.com.au
- Snowy! power of a nation - Powerhouse Museum
- Education resources - Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- Cotter Dam education kit - ACTEW
- Discovering wetlands in Australia - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Recreation and tourism
- Tourism in the Australian Alps
- The Australian Alps - The rooftop of Australia - Tourism Australia
- Australian Alps National Landscape - australia.com
- National Landscapes program - Tourism Australia
- Australian Alps Walking Track
- Care for the Alps - Leave no trace
- Australian Alps National Landscape Tourism Strategy
- Impacts of camping and trampling on Australian alpine and subalpine vegetation and soils - Thesis by Andrew Growcock, Griffith University
- NSW ski resorts
- Managing NSW alpine resorts - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Snowy Mountains (visitnsw.com)
- Snowy Mountains (snowymountains.com.au)
- Thredbo
- Perisher
- Charlotte Pass
- Selwyn
- VIC ski resorts
Conservation
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves heritage listing - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Australia's Biosphere Reserves - Parks Australia
- National Parks and Reserves - ACT Parks, Conservation and Lands
- Parks Victoria
- Managing NSW alpine resorts - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Alpine resorts 2020 strategy - Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council
- Snowy! power of a nation - Powerhouse Museum
- Sustainable mountain resorts
For teachers
- Australian Alps National Parks
- Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
- Australian Heritage Council
- Australian National Botanic Gardens
- Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Geoscience Australia
- Australian Museum
- ACT Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate portal
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Kosciuszko Huts Association
- Parks Victoria
- Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment
- Victorian High Country Huts Association
- Victorian National Parks Association
- Databases