Australis Collection

Brunonia australis, blue pincushion - Blue Pincushion (Brunonia australis) Coloured copper engraving by Ferdinand Bauer based on a watercolour by his own hand, 1813-14

Cabbage-tree palm, Livistona australis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Aurora Australis 1928
The aurora as seen in the southern latitudes

Common kiwi, Apteryx australis
Southern brown kiwi, tokoeka, or common kiwi, Apteryx australis. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (Australasian jabiru, Mycteria australis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Rafnia and Baptisia species
Three-flowered rafnia, Rafnia triflora, Baptisia australis, and white baptisia, Baptisia alba. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs

Cordyline australis hybrid, Dracaena rigoutsi
Cordyline australis hybrid produced by Albert Rigouts, Dracaena rigoutsi. Drawn and chromolithographed by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1896

Southern brown kiwi or tokoeka, Apteryx australis. Beak and foot. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Swamp wallaby and yellow-bellied glider
Swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, and yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis (Fur seal, Otaria falklandica). From a specimen in the Royal Edinburgh Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

European nettle tree, Celtis australis
European nettle tree, Mediterranean hackberry, lote tree, or honeyberry, Celtis australis, micocoulier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert

Kiwi bird, Apteryx australis. Handcoloured steel engraving by August Dumenil after an illustration by A. Carie Baron from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Tiger cowrie, wrinkled cowrie, money cowrie, etc
Tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris 1, wrinkled cowrie, Nucleolaria nucleus 2, money cowrie, Monetaria moneta 3, and Ellatrivia merces 4, Porcelaines

Cuscus, yellow-bellied glider, feathertail
Northern common cuscus, Phalanger orientalis 3, yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis 4, feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus 5, Peziza fungi 1 and Psygmatocerus wagleri beetle 2

Kauri tree, Agathis australis (Dammara australis), timber tree native to New Zealand. Lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis (Greater flying phalanger, Didelphis petaurus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Cabbage palm, Cordyline australis. (White-flowered New Zealand dracaena, Dracaena australis.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel

Southern ostrich, Struthio camelus australis. (Black ostrich from the Cape of Good Hope). From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant

Blue trumpet, Brunoniella australis (New Holland ruellia, Ruellia australis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund

Wonga Wonga vine, Pandorea pandorana (Southern tecoma, Tecoma australis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Austral trefoil or New-Holland lotus, Lotus australis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, London

African manatee, harbour seal and harp seal
African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis, vulnerable 1, harbour seal varieties, Phoca vitulina 2, 3, harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus 4

Longleaf pine, Pinus palustris (Broom pine, pitch pine or yellow pine, Pinus australis). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Curtis British Entomology Plate 606
Coleoptera: Paramecosoma bicolor = Paramecosoma melanocephalum [Plant: Phragmites australis (Common Reed)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 12
Lepidoptera: Lycaena dispar (Large Copper) [Plant: Phragmites australis (Arundo phragmitis, Common Reed)] Date: 1824-39

Map of the Americas1633 Date: 1633

Lockheed 12A Electra Junior VH-ASV (msn 1236) of Masling Aviation, (not to be confused with Lockheed B14S Hudson Mk I VH-ASV Aurora Australis, de-registered in April 1948)

Flindersia australis, Crows Ash - Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, signed, 1806-10. Botany Library, Ferdinand Bauer Plant Drawings. Mabberley & Moore No. 23

Falkland Island Aguara-dog, Dusicyon australis. Extinct around 1870.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines

Birds / Kiwi (Richter)
APTERYX OWENII, or AUSTRALIS native of New Zealand

Corona Australis, constellation. Hemisphere. Engraving, 1559
Corona Australis, constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Engraving, 1559. Dele Stelle Fisse by Italian humanist Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1579). Edited in Venice, 1540

Illustration, Bombyces -- Actias Isabellae, Lasiocampa Otus, Euprepia Pudica, Saturnia Caecigena, Endagria Pantherina, Stygia Australis, Naclia Ancilla. The plant is Pineaster (Pinus Maritima)

Yellow-bellied glider or southern petaurus, Petaurus australis, arboreal nocturnal gliding possum.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Purple-headed parakeet, with purple head, crimson cheeks and legs, green wings and body.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Cassowary, Casuarius australis (Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae?).. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Blue crowned lorikeet, Vini australis.. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh, 1833

Black plum or yellow persimmon, Diospyros australis or Cargillia australis.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

New Holland cassia, Cassia australis.. Illustration by Miss C.M. Curtis (Samuels daughter), engraved by Weddell. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtiss The Curtis Botanical Magazine

Chirodipterus australis, early lobe-finned fish
A 374 million year old specimen of the early lobe-finned fish (Cheiopterus australis). Originating from the Late Devonian, Gogo, Western Australia

Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium. Astronomical chart showing the centaur Sagittarius with bow and arrow, also shows a laural wreath, a telescope

Aquarius, Piscis Australis & Ballon Aerostatique. Astronomical chart showing a male figure holding an inverted bowl from which water flows

Aurora Australis
Ponies excited by the Southern Lights. Date: circa 1907

Birds / Kiwi (Gould)
APTERYX AUSTRALIS (Shaw) from the South Island of New Zealand

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