Resources

Here are a few resources to get you started on some further research.

INTERNET LINKS

The Wombat Foundation will tell you everything you need to know and has some of the cutest wombat pictures in the known universe.

See what the Queensland Museum says about the northern hairy-nosed wombat.

Russell's Burrow Read about Russell, a common wombat that was rescued in Canberra.

BOOKS

'The Wombat Who Talked to the Stars: The Journal of a Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat' by Jill Morris & Sharon Dye, Published by Greater Glider Productions, Maleny, 1997.

'The Wombat: Common Wombats in Australia' by Barbara Triggs, Published by The University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney, 1988.

'The Secret Life of Wombats' by James Woodford, Published by the Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, 2001.

VIDEOS/DOCUMENTARIES

Wombats: Bulldozers of the Bush.
Wombat documentary produced by the ABC Natural History Unit

Australian Story: The Wombat Boy
An ABC documentary focusing on an Australian teenager's fascination with wombats in Victoria in the 1960s.

Quantum - Wombats
A closer examination of wombat burrows and the skill that is used in building them