Australasia Collection (page 5)

View across Sydney Cove from the hospital towards Government
Drawing LS 6 from the Watling Collection titled Taken from the West side of Sydney Cove behind the Hospital by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Drawing 22 from the Watling Collection

Potorous tridactylus, long-nosed potoroo
Poto Roo. Drawing 59 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

A View of the coastline on the western side of Lord Howe Isl
Drawing LS 5 from the Watling Collection titled View of Lord Howe Island by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Healing a child
Watercolour 45 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Pogona barbata, bearded dragon
Drawing 362 from the Watling Collection titled Jew Lizard, Bid de wang by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Seven molluscs, including two bivalves and five gastropods
Watercolour 390 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Wee-ang-i, Ger-my, Won-ni, Goo-rung, from the Watling Collection

Full-length portrait of an Aboriginal man named Cameragal, e
Drawing 53 from the Watling Collection titled Cameragal the chief of the most powerful Tribe in New South Wales by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Portrait of an Aboriginal woman carrying a child on her shou
Drawing 42 from the Watling Collection titled A Native Woman and her Child by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Aboriginal man armed for combat
Drawing 50 from the Watling Collection titled A Native of New South Wales equipt for Fight by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Gur-roo-ee
Drawing 37 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Gur-roo-ee by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Ptychosperma elegans, solitare palm
Plate 223 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Aboriginal woman healing a child
Drawing 62 from the Watling Collection titled A woman of New South Wales cureing the head ache by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Copal
Stalactite of New Zealand copal locally known as kauri gum. Copal is the mid-stage between resin and amber. Figure 8 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule

Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Bi-Gong
Drawing 38 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Bi-Gong by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Anthus novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pipit
Watercolour 270 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Lark

Aboriginal men fighting in a landscape
Drawing 47 from the Watling Collection titled A Native of New South Wales surprising and wounding another whilst asleep by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

An Aboriginal family in a harbour landscape
Drawing 43 from the Watling Collection titled A Native going to Fish with a Torch and flambeaux, while his Wife and children are broiling fish for their supper by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Aborigines returned from fishing
Drawing 73 from the Watling Collection titled Natives returned from Fishing by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Morelia spilota, diamond python
Watercolour 40 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Petaurus australis, yellow-bellied glider
Hepoona Roo. Drawing 47 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

North view of Sydney Cove
Drawing 17 from the Watling Collection titled North view of Sydney Cove; taken from the Flag-staff, opposite the Observatory by a Port Jackson Painter, 1793-1795

Watercolour 50 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 50 by by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Strombus luhuanus, red-mouthed stromb
Watercolour 392 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gung-e-ra-nere, from the Watling Collection

Portrait of an Aboriginal man carrying a basket
Drawing 68 from the Watling Collection titled A Native carrying a water basket of bark by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1791

Banksia spinulosa, hairpin banksia
Drawing 415 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Wallangre

A Group of Aborigines around a camp fire
Drawing 26 from the Watling Collection titled A Group on the North Shore of Port Jackson, New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

View of Sydney Cove from the North shore of the harbour
Drawing LS 7 from the Watling Collection titled A Direct North View of Sydney Cove and Port Jackson, the Chief British Settlement in New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Choeropus castanotis, chestnut-eared choeropus
Cheropus castanotis. Plate 6 from Mammals of Australia Volume 1, by John Gould, 1863

Homo sapiens cranium (Mungo 3)
Frontal view of a cast of a skull belonging to Homo sapiens, discovered off Lake Mungo, North East of Mildura, Australia

Phalangista rulpin, possum
Phalangista rulpina. Plate 16 from Mammals of Australia Volume 1, by John Gould, 1863

Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl
This owl, native only to New Zealand, became extinct in c. 1914, probably due to deforestation and the disappearance of its favourite prey the Kiori rat. Artist unknown

Petroica macrocephala, New Zealand tit
Ff. 149. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

The Latrobe gold nugget
A 717gm mass of crystallised cubes of gold about 11cms in length. Specimen was found at Mt. Ivor, Victoria, Australia in the presence of the then govenor of the colony, C. J. Latrobe

Brachyglottis repanda, bushmans toilet paper
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Knightia excelsa, rewarewa honeysuckle tree
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illlustration annotated Brabejum sparsum

Metrosideros fulgens, scarlet rata
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Euphorbia glauca, sea spurge
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Macropus sp. kangaroo
Zoological drawing 4 (1:4) Kanguru. Probably the first European drawing of a kangaroo, by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771), made during Captain Cooks first voyage of discovery, 1768-1771

Macropus robustus, Euro wallaroo
Zoological drawing 5 (1:5). Watercolour study of skull and lower jaws of a wallaroo by Nathaniel Dance (1735-1811)

Rhabdothamnus solandri, matata
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Arctocephalus forsteri, New Zealand fur seal
A drawing of the lateral view of the skeleton of a New Zealand fur seal. Figure 7 from Seals of the World by Judith E. King. Published by The British Museum of Natural History, 1964

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pigeon
Ff. 137. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Columba argetraea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Watling Drawing 194
Caption describing a lizard in New South Wales, Australia

Collospermum hastatum, perching lily
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

H. M. S. Challenger at anchor off Circular Quay, Sydney, Austr
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for the purpose of scientific discovery

Celmisia gracilenta, dainty daisy
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Pseudopanax arboreus, five finger
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

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