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Little Fish - Part 2

Season 1, Ep. 12

Kathleen McArthur fought for the protection of Pumicestone Passage and described it as a living waterway

Actors: Patricia Coles, Martin Harding, Karen Harper, Joy Marshall, Errol Morrison, Charlie Osborne and James Russell 

Songs: 

The Little Fish | The Penguin Australian Song Book compiled by J S Manifold, performed by Patricia Coles 

Wildflower Woman | music and lyrics by Karen Law

Producer: James Russell Music 

References:  

Archer, Alexander: Queensland Heritge Vol 2, No 8, 1973 

Australian Coastal Zone Management: Report from the House of Representatives; Standing committee on Environment and Conservation. March 1980. Australian Government Publishing Service 

Australian Fisheries: Vol 40, No 1; Vol 41, No 3

Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Puffin 

Carson, Rachel: The Edge of the Sea – Staples Press 1955

Coleman, Neville: A Field Guide to Australian Marine Life – Rigby 1977

Co-ordinator General’s Department: Coastal Management Report 1975

CSIRO Division of Fisheries & Oceanography: Estuarine Project Progress Report 1974-76 

Hansard Report: House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Conservation Coastal Management Inquiry 

Hutchings, P A & Wilkinson, D L: Guidelines and Principles for Estuarine Management – the Water Research Foundation of Australia 1980 

Lovelock, J E: Gaia – Oxford University Press 1979 

Marshall, Tom C: Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. A & R 1964 

Matthiessen, George C: Tidemarshes – Massachusetts Audubon Society 

Roughley, T C Fish and fisheries of Australia – A & R 1951

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