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Yellow Spotted Monitor Lizard, Kakadu Park. Wildlife Ranger

A colour, close up portrait of a Yellow Spotted Monitor lizard (Varanus Panoptes)in profile in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. This image was taken while filming Wildlife Ranger 1979: Set in the beautiful but isolated Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, Wildlife Ranger traces the lifestyle and duties of a national park ranger, including protection of and research into the diverse range of flora and fauna in the area. The program follows two rangers plying a boat along the waterways in the wet season to check out a remote rookery. This allows viewers a close-up look at this unique environment, both at ground level and through breathtaking aerial photography. The northern monsoonal forests, grasslands and wildlife are shown in all their beauty, colour and diversity. The program also touches on the problems of remoteness from major towns, illustrated with the arrival of the fortnightly mail plane from Darwin

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A woman and man stroke a koala perched on an enclosures fence

A black and white image of British broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough as a young man, standing in a koala sanctuary with his wife. Both are looking down at and stroking a large koala, which is sitting on a wooden fence railing, in three quarter profile facing towards the camera. Behind this group are some buildings under a shady tree. This image was shot while filming Festival in Adelaide 1962

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A camel train stops for a rest on red dirt road in the outback

Under a big cloudy sky, Cameleer Kurt Posel and his camel train stop for a rest on the red dirt road near Simpsons Gap (Rungutjirpa) in the West MacDonnell Ranges. In the foreground is a profile portrait of the lead camel sitting or couching on its haunches. This colour image was shot in the Northern Territory, while filming Australian Wildlife Series: Camel 1975: Although not a biological study of this notable contributor to Australia's history, this film corrects some of the popular misconceptions about the camel and its habitat. In addition to showing camels in their rough and risky Australian environment, the film includes the people who work with camels in the Australian outback

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