Australian Collection (#29)

Dendrolagus lumholtzi, Lumholtzs tree kangaroo
Illustration in watercolour by Frederick William Frohawk. One of 27 illustrations commissioned by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild to illustrate his scientific publication on tree kangaroos, 1936

Coryphaenoides sp. rattail
A specimen jar containing rattail fish (Coryphaenoides sp.) collected south of Australia, 1874 on The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876)

Australian Aborigine tools
Illustrations by Thomas Watling. Drawings 78 to 79 from the Watling Collection

Opal

Australian Aborigine portraits
A collection of illustration by Thomas Watling. Drawings 61 to 68 from the Watling Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Petrified conifer trunk
Containing precious opal, width approx. 10 cm, discovered at White Cliffs, New South Wales, Australia. Dates back to the Late Cretaceous period

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

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

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)

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)

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

Cacatua galerita, sulphur-crested cockatoo
Drawing No. 61, 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

Alyogyne hakeifolia

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brachychiton paradoxus, red-flowered kurrajong
Plate 13 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Scorpis sp. sweep
Watercolour 378 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Mannadaang, from the Watling Collection

A species of Banksia
Drawing 430 from the Watling Collection by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797. Illustration entitled a Banksia

Watercolour 58 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 58 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Potorous gilberti, Gilberts potoroo
Hypsiprymnus gilberti. Plate 69 from Mammals of Australia Volume 2, by John Gould, 1863

Upeneichthys lineatus, blue-lined goatfish
Watercolour 373 by Thomas Watling entitled barrang ang, from the Watling Collection

Coris picta, comb wrasse
Watercolour 374 by Thomas Watling, from the Watling Collection

Xanthorrhoea sp

Varanus varius, lace monitor lizard
Drawing 365 from the Watling Collection by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Serpentes (suborder), snake
Watercolour 39 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Watercolour 63 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 63 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Banksia sp
Drawing 417 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Honey Tree of New South Wales, native name Wattang-ree

Microcanthus strigatus, convict fish
Watercolour 380 by Thomas Watling, entitled Dea ne ang, from the Watling Collection

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