Australasia Collection (page 10)

Todiramphus sanctus, Malurus melanocephala
Drawing No. 43, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Antelope
Plate No. 32 by George Raper (c. 1768-1797), from an original drawing in the possession of Mr. Mason Cape-Good-Hope, 1792

Canoes of various islands visited and discovered by the Waak
Canoes from the Lord Howe Islands, the Admiralty Islands and the Duke of York Islands. Drawing number 29 from the George Raper Drawing Collection held within the Natural History Museum, London

Raper drawing No. 24
Chief settlement on Norfolk Island April 1790. By George Raper, 1790

Raper drawing No. 15
Entrance of Port Jackson from a boat close under the South Head; 1789

Raper drawing No. 16
View of the east side of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson; from the Anchorage also showing the Governors House. By George Raper c. 1790

Raper drawing No. 4
His Majestys Brig Supply 1790 off Lord Howe Island [and] His Majestys Ship Sirius in Sydney Cove 1789. Painting by George Raper, 1792

Study of a Canon
A detailed study containing an illustration and reference notes of a canon, 1787. Drawing number 2 from the George Raper drawing collection held within the Natural History Museum, London

Portrait of an Aboriginal man decorated for a funeral ceremo
Drawing 44 from the Watling Collection titled A Moo.bee Ornamented after a Burial with a Club of great / size over the Shoulder by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Podargus strigoides, tawny frogmouth
Watercolour 296 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great-headed Goatsucker

Eye-sketch of the harbour of Port Jackson
Drawing LS 2 from the Watling Collection titled New South Wales, Port Jackson from the entrance up to Sydney Cove, taken in October 1788 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788

Alyogyne hakeifolia

Volute shell
Watercolour 389 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gung a rong, from the Watling Collection

A view of the coastline to the south of Botany Bay
Drawing 5 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Land to the Southward of Botany Bay with the Entrance of the Harbour by John Hunter, 1790-1797

Natives fishing in their Canoe, Port Jackson

Callistemon linearifolius, bottlebrush
Drawing 436 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Spider illustration
Drawing 403 from the Watling Collection titled Murraragan by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

A partial view of Sydney Cove
Drawing 14 from the Watling Collection titled A partial view of Sydney Cove taken from the Sea side before the Surgeon Generals House by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Fishing scene in a harbour landscape
Drawing 29 from the Watling Collection titled A New South Wales native sticking fish while his wife is employed fishing with hooks and lines in her canoe by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Acacia longifolia, Sydney golden wattle
Drawing 461 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Mimosa

Acrobates pygmaeus, pygmy glider
Marsupial, Flying Squirrel or Mouse. Drawing 86, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Pogono barbata, bearded dragon
Drawing 361 from the Watling Collection titled Native name Ngarrang by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Bark canoes of Port Jackson
Watercolour 43 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

An Aborigine with his hair matted with gum, a bark paddle an
Drawing 64 from the Watling Collection titled A paddle made from bark, a Native his hair matted with gum, A Basket made of the knot of a tree by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Pseudolabrus sp. wrasse
Watercolour 375 by Thomas Watling entitled Karra gnorra, from the Watling Collection

Antennarius pictus, painted frogfish
Watercolour 382 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Gymnothorax favagineus, honeycomb moray eel
Watercolour 384 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Kaan, from the Watling Collection

Andersonia caerulea, foxtail
Plate 96 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

An Aborigine fishing from the shore
Drawing 72 from the Watling Collection titled A Native striking a Fish by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Tachyglossus aculeatus, short-nosed echidna
Echidna Native name Bur-roo-gin, Drawing 93 by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Potorous tridactylus gilbertii, Gilberts potoroo
Marsupial. Drawing 89 by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Petroica boodang, scarlet robin, Turdus poliocephalus, islan
Drawing No. 69, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Drawing number 54
Watercolour 54 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Charonia rubicunda, red australwelk and a volute
Watercolour 388 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gna-gorong and Gung a rung, from the Watling Collection

Paracyclotosaurus davidi
The only known example of an amphibian that lived in Australia about 235 million years ago. Dates from the Middle Triassic, Wianamantta Group, Ashfield Shale, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney

Aboriginal man equipped for fishing, standing by the sea

Aboriginal family group in a harbour landscape
Drawing 59 from the Watling Collection titled A view in Port Jackson. A woman meeting her husband who has been out on some exploit and offering him some fish by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Vanellus miles, masked lapwing
Drawing No. 52, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Portrait of an Aboriginal woman named Dorringa
Drawing 66 from the Watling Collection titled Dorringa his wife smeared over with burnt stick and grease by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1791

Calotis lappulacea, bur daisy
Plate 60 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Fossil leaves and thorn of a rose
Leaves of: Rosa hilliiae Lesquereux from the Oligocene period (23-35 million years), Colorado, U.S.A. Thorns of: Rosa penelopes Unger from the Miocene (5-23 million years) Styria, Austria

Pterodroma solandri, Providence petrel
Drawing No. 70, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo
Marsupial, Kangaroo, or the Pattagorang. Detail from drawing 87, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c

View of the entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson
Drawing 8 from the Watling Collection titled View of the Entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson, taken in a boat under the North head by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1790

Chart of Norfolk, Nepean and Phillip Islands
Drawing 1 from the Watling Collection titled Norfolk Island by Thomas Watling, 1791

Aboriginal method of climbing trees
Drawing 75 from the Watling Collection titled Method of Climbing Trees by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Insects
Drawing 402 from the Watling Collection simply titled a crab, a spider, a snail, two butterflies and a caterpillar by Thomas Watling

Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Goo-nee-owl-gal
Drawing 39 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Goo-nee-owl-gal by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

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