Australian Wildlife Resources (Important links that will improve your life!)
Dear Australian Wildlife (BIOL3213) students - Below are some links to help you explore various aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate diversity, both globally and in Australia. There is loads of great information here - please take some time to explore these resources. There are also great tips on how to get ready for job hunting! Scott
Make sure to follow the Division of Ecology and Evolution Tweets
Global lists and resources
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Browse the One Zoom tree of life
Australian lists and resources
Atlas of Living Australia (one of the best such resources in the world)
Australian Faunal Directory (the offical government list of animal species in Australia)
OzAnimals.com - links to photos and natural history of many Australian animals
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Fishes
Catalog of Fishes (a global list)
FishBase (a comprehensive web site, tons of links too)
Fishes of Australia (Musuem Victoria)
Fish of Australia (OzAnimals)
Australian Society for Fish Biology
Redmap (a way to get involved in helping to improve our distributional information on Australian fish)
Amphibians
AmphibiaWeb (global)
AMNH’s Amphibian Species of the Word (global)
Amphibian Survival Alliance (global)
Frogs of Australia (OzAnimals)
FrogID (a super cool resource from the Australian Museum. Download the app too and you'll be able to ID frogs with your own recordings on your phone)
List of Amphibians of Australia (wikipedia)
The Australian Society of Herpetologists (join if you are interested)
Amphibian Research Centre (Australian)
Reptiles
The Reptile Database (global list)
The EMYS system (Turtles of the World)
Turtles of the World Checklist
Reptiles of Australia (OzAnimals)
The Australian Society of Herpetologists (join if you are interested)
Birds
International Ornithologists’ Union Lists of Birds of the World (a list of lists)
Avibase (massive database on birds of the world plus tons of links to all sorts of information and other lists)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (comprehensive!)
A Global Phylogeny of Birds (interative web site, it’s cool)
Birds of Australia (OzAnimals)
Working list of Australian birds (from Birdlife Australia)
Avibase list of Australian birds
Australian Bird Study Association (join if you are interested)
Information about Australian Birds
Bird Field ID Guide for your phone
Mammals
Mammals of Australia (Australian Museum)
Mammals of Australia (OzAnimals)
The Australian Mammal Society (join if you are interested)
Local Canberra Clubs and other activites you can get involved in
Field Naturalists Association of Canberra
Canberra Ornithologists Group (join the Group for regular talks about birds and field trips around Canberra, take part in the Canberra Garden Bird Survey, join the chatline for updates on interesting birds in the area)
Birdlife Australia (info and links for getting involved)
ACT Herpetological Association (local amateur club)
Canberra Nature Map (this is a really useful site for local info)
Canberra Nature Parks (this is a great list of all nature reserves in Canberra)
Some links for job hunting in government and industry
The ACT Government advertises on its own website but the jobs in our area often are also advertised on the NRM web site.
Natural Resource Management jobs
There are also lots of other types of job web sites that have lots of things. For these it is important to use the right sort of keywords for searching. Use things like “ecology”, “conservation”, “zoology”, “biology”, “natural resource management”, “environment”, "wildlife”, etc. For many of these sites you can also set up automatic email alerts based on your key words so that you always hear about new jobs - but using the right key words is very important.
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Preparing a CV and preparing for job applications and interviews
There are literally thousands of good web sites about how to apply and interview, including many that are specific to particular fields. Here I list some of the best ones, in my opinion. Again, think hard about your search terms and you’ll find very useful information.
Preparing for an interview and lots of other stuff (detailed advice site from the Australian govnement)
Top 23 Australian government interview questions
Government jobs interview questions AND ANSWERS
Common interview questions and how to answer them
The STAR Interview Method: The ultimate guide
CV template: a standard professional format
Good general advice on formating a resume/CV
More good general advice on applying for government jobs including how to address selection criteria
A bunch of templates for both Government and Industry resume/CVs (very useful)
How to address selection criteria
Links if you are thining about Honours or Masters