Australasia Collection (page 9)

Birds obserbed inhabiting the Coburg Peninsula, John Gilbert
Birds inhabiting the Coburg Peninsula. Article taken from the Gould Australian Collection 8/5/3. Written by Gilbert, John assistant to Gould, John (side 2 of 3 sides)

Macropus antilopinus, antilopine wallaby (Gould 1842) BMNH 1842 5 26 5 (291A), male skin and skull lectotype. Photographed alongside is the female specimen BMNH 1824 5 26 4

Sydney Cove
A section of 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

Aerial shot of Low Isles - Plate 2 B

Aerial photomosaic of the Low Isles. Plate VIII

Low Isles Lab
Photograph of Low Isles Lab with ships in background. Archives ref - DF 421/2

Reptiles from New Zealand
Descriptions of two hitherto unrecorded species of Reptiles from New Zealand. Passage taken from The Zoological Miscellany by John Edward Gray, 1831

Aythya novaeseelandiae, New Zealand scaup
Ff. 79. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Anas atricilla and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, weedy seadragon
Plate 38 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. This amazingly camouflaged fish is endemic to the south Australian coast from central New South Wales to south-western Western Australia

Coral collection
Part of a coral collection given to HM Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of the people of Queensland, Australia

Perameles bougainville, barred bandicoot
Plate 2 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Geophaps plumifera, spinifex pigeon
Plate 69, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 5 (1840-1848)

Brachaluteres jacksonianus, southern pygmy leatherjacket
Plate 28 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. This is a small compressed fish with no pelvic fins and a prominent dorsal spine

Irediparra gallinacea, comb-crested jacana
Plate 75, hand coloured lihtograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 6 (1840-1848)

Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus, crescent honeyeater
Plate 27, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 4 (1840-1848)

Trichoglossus haematodus, rainbow lorikeet
Plate 24 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)

Biziura lobata, musk duck
Plate 18, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.7, (1840-1848)

Anthornis melanura, New Zealand bellbird
Ff. 62. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Certhia olivacea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Dasyornis broadbenti, rufous bristlebird
Plate 25, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Supplementary volume, (1840-1848)

Ptiloris victoriae, Victorias riflebird
Plate 50, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Supplementary volume, (1840-1848)

Paracyclotosaurus davidi, model
A reconstruction from the only known specimen of Paracyclotosaurus davidi, a Labyrinthodont, an early amphibian whose skeleton was 2.75 metres long

Varanus eremius and Varanus gilleri
Rusty desert monitor (Varanus eremius) and pigmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleri). Plate 8 from Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia (1896)

Pteropus alecto gouldi, black flying fox
Photograph of a black flying fox specimen preserved in spirit, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mr White, Harris and Laing with a party of Soldiers visiting

Precious opal
A Cameo representing the dawn, on a limonitic matrix from Australia. Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Knightia excelsa, rewarewa
Engraving after original drawing by Ferdinand Bauer from Transactions of the Linnean Society Vol. 10, Tab 2. P.194

Porphyrio albus, Lord Howe swamphen
Drawing No. 73, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Columba vitiensis, white-throated pigeon
Drawing No. 72, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Cacatua galerita, sulphur-crested cockatoo
Drawing No. 61, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Calyptorhynchus lathami, glossy black cockatoo
Drawing No. 60, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Pelecanus conspicillatus, white pelican
Drawing No. 41, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

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

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