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Whose Baby Is This? (A+ Books - Nature Starts series) 2012 Capstone Press - ISBN  9781429675536 (library binding),   9781429678537 (paperback)
 

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Whose Home Is This? (A+ Books - Nature Starts series) 2012 Capstone Press - ISBN 9781429675550 (library binding),   9781429678551 (paperback)
 

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Desert Animal Adaptations (A+ Books - Amazing Animal Adaptations series) 2011 Capstone Press - ISBN  9781429660303 (library binding),  9781429670258 (paperback)
 

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Ocean Animal Adaptations (A+ Books - Amazing Animal Adaptations series), released 2011, published 2012 Capstone PressISBN   9781429660297 (library binding),   9781429670296 (paperback)
 

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Great Barrier Reef Under Threat (What's the Issue? series 2) 2011 Macmillan Australia - hard cover,  ISBN: 9781420282375
 
* Certificate of Commendation (Children's Series), Whitley Awards 2011, Royal Zoological Society of NSW


Great Barrier Reef Under Threat
provides an informed, unbiased review of one of Australia's most topical environmental issues.

Special features:
• Complex issues written clearly and simply, without bias or prejudice
• Small chunks of text makes information accessible to a wide range of student abilities
• Variety of text features: fast facts, quotes, pie charts, tables, graphs, diagrams
• Integrated thinking prompts encourage reader reflection

 “Feathers, Fur or Scales?” (2010). An educational activity for young (4+) students, in Learn Every Day About Animals. Gryphon House, Inc. Silver Spring, MD, USA. ISBN 978-0-87659-126-0

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(2010) Gareth Stevens Publishing, NY, USA - library binding, ISBN
9781433935701
e book ISBN 9781433949159

(2008) Blake Education, NSW, Australia - soft cover, ISBN 978-1-921255-24-3
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(2010) Gareth Stevens Publishing, NY, USA - library binding, ISBN 9781433935794
 e book ISBN 9781433949241

(2008) Blake Education, NSW, Australia - soft cover, ISBN 
978-1-921255-30-4
teacher guide cover Weird, Wild and Wonderful Teaching Guide (2008) Blake Education, NSW, Australia. ISBN 978-921255-35-9 


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Nutrition Across a Lifetime (2008). A  senior primary school text in the “Health and Understanding” series.  Blake Education, NSW, Australia. ISBN 978-1-74164-363-3


"The Vertebrate Times" (2008). A reading comprehension card in the Reading Box: Red project. Teachers 4 Teachers, NSW, Australia.

Husbandry Manual, Thorny Stick Insect, Ctenomorphodes briareus (2002).  Healesville Sanctuary Discovery and Learning, Victoria, Australia. A Science in Schools Partnership Programme.

Children’s picture books

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Who is it?  Australian animals of the night  (2006).  Children’s picture story e-book. 
Writer’s Exchange E-publishing
Illustrated by Richard van Hoesel.
ISBN 1 920972 36 6

No longer available for sale


Children's/General articles


"Being Green So You Won't Be Seen" (2012) Bug News (June)

"Puffin Stuff" (2012) Bug News (Feb)

"Meet the Author - Julie Murphy" (2011) Bug News (November)

"What's in a Name?" (2011) Bug News (November)

"Bowerbird Blues" (2011)  Bug News emagazine (August)

"Eggs: not just for the birds" (2011)  Bug News emagazine (May)

"10 ways to help a sick or hurt animal" (2011) Bug News emagazine (Feb)

"Cool It!" (2010) In new Animal Antics column, Bug News emagazine (Nov)

"Preparing your pet dog for the arrival of your new baby (2010) Early Years Magazine (Issue 3, p 19). Early Years Care, Austinmer, NSW.

"Six steps to enable your toddler to pat a strange dog safely (2010) Early Years Magazine (Issue 3, p 19). Early Years Care, Austinmer, NSW.

“The Nose Knows” (2010) Cherububble (February) www.cherububble.com

“Free-Range” (2009) Cherububble (December) www.cherububble.com

“In the Dark” (2009) Cherububble (November) www.cherububble.com

"Bowerbird Blues" (2009) Cherububble (October) www.cherububble.com

“When a New Baby Arrives – Preparing Your Pet Dog” (2009) The Parent Voice (Spring issue). Darebin City Council, Preston, Victoria.

“6 Steps to Safely Patting a Strange Dog” (2009) The Parent Voice (Spring issue). Darebin City Council, Preston, Victoria.

"There’s No Place Like Home" (2009) Cherububble (September) www.cherububble.com

"6 Steps to Patting a Strange Dog" (2009) Cherububble (August) www.cherububble.com

"Puffin Stuff" (2009) Cherububble (July) www.cherububble.com

"Sleeping In" (2009) Cherububble (June) www.cherububble.com

"Being Green and Not Being Seen" (2009) Cherububble (May) www.cherububble.com

“Eggs - Not Just for the Birdsl” (2009) Cherububble (April) www.cherububble.com

“10 Steps to Helping a Sick or Hurt Animal” (2009) Cherububble (March) www.cherububble.com

"What's in a Name?" Cherububble (January/February) www.cherububble.com

"Cool It!” (2008) Cherububble (December) www.cherububble.com

"Croak!” (2008) Cherububble (November) www.cherububble.com

“Playtime!” (2008) Cherububble (October) www.cherububble.com

“Stick Around” (2008) Cherububble (September) www.cherububble.com

"Neighbours” (2008) Cherububble (August) www.cherububble.com

"Lost and Found” (2008) Cherububble (July) www.cherububble.com

“Talk to me!” (2008) Cherububble (June) www.cherububble.com

“Look at me!” (2008) Cherububble (May) www.cherububble.com

“Hide and Seek” (2008) Cherububble (Apr) www.cherububble.com

“Get into Gardening” (2008) Cherububble (Mar) www.cherububble.com

“The Incredible Kangaroo” (2008) Cherububble (Feb) www.cherububble.com

“Summer Fun!” (2007) Cherububble e-magazine (Dec) www.cherububble.com  The inaugral article for an ongoing column on “Animals & Nature”.

“A New View of the Zoo” (2006) Zoo News, 26 (3): 9.  Friends of the Zoos Ltd.  Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

 “How fast is fast?”  (2006)  Explore magazine 3: 16.  Pearson Education, Melbourne, Australia.

“Science with Stick” (2002)   Pets ‘n’ People magazine 26: 100.  In: my own “Wild Watch” column.  Milton, Queensland, Australia.

 “Not Always a Dog’s Life” (2001)   Pets ‘n’ People magazine (formerly Pets, Vets ‘n’ People) 22: 70-71.  Milton, Queensland, Australia.

 “Problem Barking in Dogs” (2001)  Pets, Vets ‘n’ People magazine 20: 72-74.  Milton, Queensland, Australia.

 “Guide Dogs: How Do They Do It?” (2001)  Pets, Vets ‘n’ People magazine 18: 40-42.  Milton, Queensland, Australia.

Children’s verse

“Ellie the Emu” (2010). Cherububble (February) www.cherububble.com

“If You See a Seahorse” (2009). In: Book for Fiji - a Gift for the Children of Namara School (anthology). S. Odgers, ed. Independently published. http://www.lulu.com/content/6488585

“Aaargh Cockies!” (2007). In: Around the Block (anthology).  Flat Chat Press.  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

"If you see a seahorse" (2007) Cherububble e-magazine August  www.cherububble.com 

“Ralph the Stick Insect” (2003).  In:  Information Pack (Curriculum and Husbandry Manual) for the Thorny Stick Insect, Ctenomorphodes briareus, 2nd ed.  Healesville Sanctuary Discovery and Learning, Victoria, Australia.

 “A Platypus’ Predicament” (2002).  In: An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse.  ABC Books, Sydney, N.S.W.

Reviews

“Check on Me” 2009 Children's Picture Book by Andrew Daddo and Jonathan Bentley. www.aussiereviews.com

“Check on Me” 2009 Children's Picture Book by Andrew Daddo and Jonathan Bentley. Pass It On writing industry newsletter.

Articles for adults

 “A New View of the Zoo”  (2006)  Zoo News, 26 (3): 9.  Friends of the Zoos Ltd.  Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

“The Zen of Backpacking”.  (2000) International WellBeing 82 (Dec): 10-14. 

 “On trees and trauma”.  (1997) Zoo News  17(4): 13-14.  Friends of the Zoos Ltd.  Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Miscellaneous

"Coming Home" (2009) Short story for adults, in: Moving On. An anthology compiled and published by the Romsey Writing Group. ISBN 978 0 9806323 2 3

 “Healesville Sanctuary” (2001)    In: Encyclopedia of the World’s Zoos Vol. 2: 540-546.  Fitzroy Dearborn, Chicago, IL, USA.

 “Playgrounds are fun, butt…” (2005).  Letter to the editor.  The Melbourne Times, northern edition.  Feb. 6.

 “Wild Pets” (2001).  Letter to the editor.  Nature Australia. Autumn.  Australian Museum, Sydney.

 Technical publications

MURPHY, J.A, PHILLIPS, B.T. & MACREADIE, B (2003)  “Husbandry and Breeding of the Eastern Pygmy-possum, Cercartetus nanus at Healesville Sanctuary.”  International Zoo Yearbook 38: 173-178.  London, U.K.

MURPHY, J.A.  (1999)  “Night life in the Small Mammal Breeding Pens at Healesville Sanctuary” (poster abstract).  In: Proceedings of 1999 ASZK/ARAZPA Conference, Alice Springs.

MURPHY, J.A. & PHILLIPS, B.T. (1999)  “We breed the Eastern Pygmy-possum”.  ARAZPA News 44(Nov): 15.

MURPHY, J.A.,  (1998)  “Defining categories of temperament in potential guide dogs for the blind”.  Applied Animal Behaviour Science 58:  163-178.

MURPHY, J.A.  (1998)  “Interactions between arboreal and terrestrial marsupials sharing enclosures at Healesville Sanctuary”.  Thylacinus 22(2): 26-29.

MURPHY, J.A. (1995)  “Assessment of the temperament of potential guide dogs”.  Anthrozoos, 8: 224-228.

HUNTER, S. & MURPHY, J.  (1995)  “When are the best times to see the animals in the Nocturnal House at Healesville Sanctuary?”.  Proceedings of the ARAZPA/Australasian Society of Zookeepers Conference, pp. 220-223.  Perth, W.A.

MURPHY, J.A. (1993)  “Behaviour of eastern barred bandicoots, Perameles gunnii (Marsupialia: Peramelidae), breeding in captivity. Australian Mammalogy, 16(1): 91-94.

MURPHY, J.A. & SERENA, M. (1993) “Results of radiotracking eastern barred bandicoots, Perameles gunnii (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) at Gellibrand Hill Park, Victoria”.  Australian Mammalogy 16(1): 51-54.

MURPHY, J.A. (1991) “The assessment of temperament in potential guide dogs for the blind - an ethological study”.   Masters Thesis: University of Melbourne, Victoria.

MURPHY, J.A. (1988) “The effect of alternative mating opportunities on parental care behaviour in the monogamous cichlid Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum”.   Honours Thesis: University of Melbourne, Victoria.