CAVE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY

A list of recent and standard works relating to cave management and some Australian cave resources. Not all of the following items have been formally published. In cases marked (*) the commissioning agency may be prepared to make copies available to other management authorities.

ANON. (Ed.) 1976 National Cave Management Symposium Proceedings. Speleobooks : Albuquerque, N.M., U.S.A. 146pp

*DUNLOP, B.T. 1967 Handbook for Caves Guiding Staff. N.S.W. Department of Tourist Activities : Sydney

ELLIS, R. et al. 1972 Bungonia Caves. S.S.S. Occ. Pap. 4 230pp

*HAMILTON-SMITH, E., CHAMPION, C.R. & ROBINSON, L.N. 1974; Cave Reserves of the Katherine Area. Report on behalf of A.S.F. to Northern Territory Reserves Board. 68pp

HAMILTON-SMITH, E. & CHAMPION, C.R. 1976 Mount Etna and The Caves. U.Q.S.S. : Brisbane 147pp

HAMILTON-SMITH, E.(Ed.) 1976 Cave Management in Australia : Proc. First Aust. Conf. Cave Tourism. A.S.F.: Sydney 109pp

HAMILTON-SMITH, E. 1977 An Introduction to Management of Caves and Karst Areas. J. Syd. Speleol. Soc., 21(1):3-15

JAMES, J. et al. 1976 Timor Caves: A Report on Proposed Development. S.S.S. Occ .Pap.6 50pp

JENNINGS, J.N. 1971 Karst A.N.U. Press : Canberra 252pp

MATTHEWS, P. (Ed.) 1968 Speleo Handbook A.S.F.: Sydney 322pp

*RICHARDS, A.M. & OLLIER, C.D. 1976 Investigation and Report on the Ecological Protection of Exit Cave near Ida Bay in Tasmania. Report to National Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania. 72pp

*SKINNER, R.K. 1972 Tasmania's Caves: Observations on Conservation and the Importance of Caves as Recreational Areas. Report on Churchill Fellowship World Study Tour.

SMITH, N. (Ed.) 1975 Special Issue - Australian Caves. Australian Natural History, 18(6) :189-230

SPRENT, J.K.(Ed.) 1970 Mount Etna Caves. U.Q.S.S. : Brisbane 116pp

*WEATHERBURN, C.P. 1975 Jenolan Caves Master Plan Report. N.S.W. Department of Public Works 106pp

In addition, various speleological societies throughout Australia publish regular journals and other publications. The Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of ASF frequently contain items on cave management and resources.

All publications on Australian Caves are indexed in Australian Speleo Abstracts, published by the Sydney Speleological Society in conjunction with A.S.F., since 1970.