Acknowledgements
NQ Dry Tropics would like to acknowledge Eric Vanderduys who supplied most of the excellent photographs in this booklet .
A special thank you to Julian Robinson for images of the Square-tailed Kite , Grey-crowned Babbler , Brown Treecreeper , Double-barred Finch and Yellow-rumped Thornbill ; Greg Calvert for images of the Dingos , Rufous Bettong , Spectacled Hare-wallaby and Native Bluegrass ; Steve Murphy ( Australian Wildlife Conservancy ) for the image of the Red-backed Fairy-wren ; Terry Reardon for the spectacular image of the Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat ; and Jason Schafer for his image of Irwin ’ s Turtle .
Acknowledgement to Kirsty-Day Robertson for being so patient with the development of this booklet and for her graphic design skills which have produced a wonderful product that NQ Dry Tropics are proud to be associated with . Dr Gay Crowley provided the initial inspiration for the book .
Published by Burdekin Solutions Ltd trading as NQ Dry Tropics . Copyright 2009 Burdekin Solutions Ltd . ISBN 978-1-921584-14-5
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Please reference as : Vanderduys E , Kutt A , Edmonds J . 2009 . Healthy Grazing Country Indicators : Native Plants and Animals . NQ Dry Tropics , Townsville . 53 pp .
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