Australasia Collection (page 6)

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

Petroica australis, New Zealand robin
Ff. 148. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus ochrotarsus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Tetragonia trigyna, spinach
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

Rhipidura fuliginosa, New Zealand fantail
Ff. 155. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Muscicapa ventilabrum and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Astelia banksii, coastal astelia
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

Calystegia tuguriorum, powhiwhi
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Dicroidium sp. seed fern
Fossil Triassic plant from Queensland, Australia

Leptospermum ericoides, kanuka honey
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

Leptospermum scoparium, tea tree
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

Coprosma australis
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

Artamus leucorhynchus, white-breasted woodswallow
Ff. 165. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Motacilla longiceps and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Elatostema rugosum, parataniwha
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

Hedycarya arborea, pigeonwood tree
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

Parsonsia heterophylla, jasmine
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Aciphylla squarrosa, speargrass
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Olearia furfuracea, tree 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

Palaeosmunda williamsonii, fern
Petrified trunk of the fern Palaeosmunda williamsonii, approximately 4cm wide, from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, dating back to the Permian Period, about 250 - 299 million years ago

Senecio rufiglandulosus
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

Hebe parviflora, koromiko
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Veronica floribunda

Portraits of Wear rung and Karra da of the Boo. roo. bee. rung
Drawing 36 from the Watling Collection titled Wear rung commonly known by the name of Mr Long and Karra da who exchanged names with Captain Ball by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Enoplosus armatus, old wife
Watercolour 378 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Goe in mag gee, from the Watling Collection

Full-length portrait of an Aboriginal boy named Nanberry
Drawing 63 from the Watling Collection titled Nan.bar.ree painted for a dance by Port Jackson Painter, 1789-1797

Fishing scene framed in tondo, surrounded by musical instrum
Drawing 70 from the Watling Collection titled Fishing scene with musical instruments by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Phyllurus platurus, leaf-tailed gecko

Perameles nasuta, long-nosed bandicoot

Banksia serrata

Cycas media, nut palm

Fourteen molluscs, including gastropods and bivalves
Watercolour 395 by Thomas Watling, from the Watling Collection

Grevillea banksii, red silky oak
Plate 132 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Colebee
Drawing 28 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Colebee by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Pristiophorus cirratus, long nose sawshark
Watercolour 371 by Thomas Watling entitled Givee be dung or gurooin, from the Watling Collection

Portrait of an Aboriginal woman, named Da-ring-ha, and a chi
Drawing 31 from the Watling Collection titled Da-ring-ha, Colebees Wife by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Wallabia bicolor, swamp wallaby

View of Sydney Cove, Australia, looking East
Drawing 13 from the Watling Collection titled Sun Rising - Going out of Port Jackson Harbour by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

An encounter between British colonists and Australian Aborig
Drawing 25 from the Watling Collection titled Mr. White, Harris and Laing with a party of Soldiers visiting Botany Bay Colebee at that place, when wounded by a Port Jackson Painter c. 1790

Cycas angulata, cycad
Plate 159 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Nine molluscs, including bivalves and gastropods
Watercolour 391 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Kow-er-ring, Kow-ill, Kaa-din, Wal-gan, from the Watling Collection

An Aboriginal family paddling a canoe
Drawing 27 from the Watling Collection titled A Canoe of New South Wales by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Group of Aborigines in a landscape

Portrait of an Aboriginal woman
Drawing 32 from the Watling Collection titled The sitting attitude of the women of New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Four different molluscs
Watercolour 397 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled gna-go-rang, from the Watling Collection

Dasyurus maculatus, spotted quoll

Reptilia (class), snake
Watercolour 57 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

A native spearing a kangaroo
Drawing 74 from the Watling Collection titled A Native spearing a Kangaroo by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

View looking across Sydney Cove towards the wooded north sho
Drawing LS 9 from the Watling Collection titled South View of Sydney-Cove, taken from the General Spring nigh the Eastern entrance to Pitts Row by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Moon-lit fishing scene
Drawing 49 from the Watling Collection titled A New South Wales Native stricking fish by moonlight by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

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