In my study notes: List of subjects The Ginkgo Trees of Hiroshima: trees that survived the A-bomb The Ginkgo Tree: tales of a living fossil On the Origins of Multi-cellular Life Links of interest Stuff I want to get rid of

A website by Craig Robertson Welcome to The Study, a podcast site dedicated to the life of the mind, featuring interviews exploring the creative intellect in the lives of men and women working in the arts, humanities and sciences, conducted in their studies and studios. New! Museum Victoria: my bird recordings This set of 108 includes most of my best Australian recordings. (It can be brought up in the Museum Victoria Collections Online by entering a search on 'Robertson' then Add 'zav'.) Recent Gondwana News: More on the history of the place, the idea, the word New-ish: xeno-canto: more bird recordings Pathfinding in Paradise: a tale of the Long-tailed Cuckoo Note: In late 2023 a correspondent alerted me to problems accessing the podcasts below with Windows based browsers. I also found none of the photos on this whole site were loading, with the same browsers. This problem appears to have been fixed as at 30 December. If anyone still finds they cannot access a podcast or see images, please let me know. The Study welcomes your feedback; just slip a message

Projects The Study: why do it? an update Gondwana - how it got its name The Cradle of Humankind The Cradle of Humankind - Part II Museums and Evolution Rock art of Southern Africa Sturt's entrance to hell: what and why Sturt's Pigeon; fate of Burke & Wills Reflections on Ice: in old Gondwana Walter Baldwin Spencer's Grave In my study: the room, the garden The Study on the move: bush shacks The Study on the move: Mt Terrible Museum Victoria blogs Sarasvati: goddess of learning

Links on names are to individual pages for each program where there are notes about each interviewee and other information. The podcasts are all one hour or a bit less, and 12 - 14 Megabytes in size. See the Technical Page for more information on handling them.

Each interview is followed by a short section called "In my study: notes on etc." which concludes the podcast. I discuss various subjects and play the occasional mystery sound. See the List of subjects for more information and links to standalone podcasts of each IMS-Notes.

Put your mind into the right frame (and test your sound setup) by playing some of the many beautiful sounds of water (1' 39" mp3, 772Kb).

In my study - collections: 1. Abalone shell; 2. Rocks from Gondwana; 3. Bones, stones and shells; 4. Rocks from Africa; 5. Rocks from Zhoukoudian, China

	Buckley's Hope For thirty-two years he survived in the wilderness, mainly because he was adopted by local Aboriginal tribes. Scribe Publications "An Australian classic." Barry Hill, The Age E-books now available!! Purchase directly from Scribe Publications, or follow the links to Amazon Kindle or Kobo.
	Song of Gondwana A science fantasy set in and dedicated to Victoria's wild southern coast and its bird life. Penguin Books "Intelligent and imaginative." Alan Wearne, The Age.
	The Expedition: a novel in multimedia A scientific expedition searches for the origins of the first human occupation of Australia. Published on CD-ROM, with over 200 photos and around 30 sound and movie files.

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The Ginkgo Tree: tales of a living fossil
An article in Collections Magazine, No.19, December, 2016, published by the Cultural Collections Unit at The University of Melbourne Library. A history of the living and the fossil ginkgo, researched in the Special Collections of the library, and among the ancient trees of China. (This article was a much reduced version of my original paper; the full paper is here in pdf: The Ginkgo Tree: is it a living fossil?)

Burke & Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition Edited by: E.B. Joyce and D.A. McCann. Check out this link to The Royal Society of Victoria book publications page. Yours truly co-authored the section on birds and ornithology in this handsome volume. See also this CSIRO Publishing page for more information and online orders.

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