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| Material used | Area of the site it appears |
|---|---|
| Photographs of lantana and bridal creeper, salvinia, alligator weed, courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) | Weeds – the baddies |
| Photographs of pond apple, willow, bridal creeper, mimosa, Chilean needle grass, serrated tussock, lantana, mimosa, gorse, salvinia and cabomba weed courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) . Photographs of prickly acacia, mesquite, rubber vine, hymenachne, parkinsonia and parthenium © Colin G Wilson | Weeds – the baddies |
| Photographs on World map showing origins of weeds, courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) and © Colin Wilson | Weeds – the baddies/ Origin |
| Photographs of pond apple, willow, bridal creeper, mimosa, Chilean needle grass, serrated tussock, lantana, mimosa, gorse, salvinia, bitou and cabomba weed courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC). Photographs of prickly acacia, mesquite, rubber vine, hymenachne, parkinsonia, lantana and parthenium © Colin G Wilson | Photographs of pond apple, willow, bridal creeper, mimosa, Chilean needle grass, serrated tussock, lantana, mimosa, gorse, salvinia, bitou and cabomba weed courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC). Photographs of prickly acacia, mesquite, rubber vine, hymenachne, parkinsonia, lantana and parthenium © Colin G Wilson |
| Photographs of weeds courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) and © Colin Wilson | Weeds – the baddies/ Travelling weeds |
| Graphic of Weed Wipeout logo, Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) for Weed Management, with link to website | Getting rid of weeds |
| Photograph of a helicopter, courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) | Getting rid of weeds |
| Photograph of bitou bush courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) | Spotlight on bitou |
| Map showing distribution of bitou bush in eastern Australia, courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) | Spotlight on bitou |
| Photographs of weeds courtesy of Hillary Cherry, National Co-ordinator bitou bush and boneseed, Department of the Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) and © Colin Wilson | Teachers' resources |
CLI would also like to thank the following people who have contributed to the development of this resource:
Hillary Cherry, (project partner) National Co-ordinator Bitou Bush & Boneseed Pest Management Unit, Department of Environment and Climate Change, NSW for supplying photographs and taking part in filming.
Alyssa Schembri, (project partner) Communications Officer, NSW Department of Primary Industry for supplying Weed Warriors brochures and the Weed Wipeout Game and taking part in filming.
These schools were involved in testing.
La Perouse Primary School
Redhead Primary School
Woolooware Primary School.
Kurnell Primary School. A special thanks for the participation in photography and filming.
Kim Hignall, Lake Macquarie Council and Matt Leary, Randwick Council who helped collect and grow bitou.
Geoff Doret, Green Web Officer, Sutherland Council, who was involved in filming for the project and supplied support for three groups participating in the project.
Royce Holtkamp, NSW Department of Primary Industry and Dr Kris French, University of Wollongong for supplying Tortrix.
Julie Gallan, RNP Environmental Education Centre for providing support to students.
Defeating the Weed Menace, who supplied funding for the project.