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Children’s picture story books

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

Price: $3.00

(in production)  Gum Leaves and Chocolate Cake. Wacky Rhymes About Australia’s Native Animals. Children’s picture e-book.  Self published.  Illustrated by Maureen Kirsch

 Children's educational

    Nutrition cover - Blake Education    

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

Price: $13.95

"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 articles


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

“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.

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

 “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.