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Mapping: Territory and Municipal Services

Photographs

Front cover and title page: left – near-pristine wilderness, Booroomba Rocks in the Brindabella Range (E Beeton); middle – older established Canberra suburbs (Sarah Ryan); right – recent urban development with smaller block sizes and encroaching on grassy woodlands (Sarah Ryan)

Part 1: Top – Water in an urban landscape – Yerrabi Pond, Gungahlin (Sarah Ryan). Bottom – Grassland plain from Mt Ainslie (Sarah Ryan).

Part 2: Top – Red-anther wallaby grass (Joycea pallida) on slope of Mt Majura (Sarah Ryan). Bottom – Managing stormwater and providing water views – Yerrabi Pond, Gungahlin (Sarah Ryan).

Part 3: Top – Learning about the Molonglo (Sarah Ryan). Bottom – Planning for rural and urban land uses together (Sarah Ryan).

Part 4: Top – Managing stormwater with broad shallow swales. (Sarah Ryan).
Bottom – Bearded dragon on lower slopes of Mt Majura (Sarah Ryan).

Part 5: Top – Urban housing abutting a Canberra Nature Park (Sarah Ryan).
Bottom – Regeneration in the Lower Cotter (Sarah Ryan).

Printing: Printed on Monza Satin. Monza is manufactured from 55% recycled fibre (25% post-consumer waste, 30% preconsumer). The remaining 45% pulp is sourced from Forestry Stewardship Council certified sources, which guarantees all fibre comes from well managed forests and is manufactured by an ISO 14001 certified mill.

October 2009