New South Wales Collection

An eye-sketch of Port Stephens, to the north of Broken Bay
Drawing LS 4 from the Watling Collection titled High water at Port Stephens at 10 o clock by a Port Jackson Painter, 1791-1792

View of Grotto Point, looking north-east towards the harbour
Drawing 7 from the Watling Collection titled A View in N.S. Wales. Grotto Point in the entrance of Port Jackson by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

View of Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus. Spotted opossum, Didelphia viverrina

Rock flower of New South Wales, Australia. Unknown species

Gilliflower shrub of New South Wales. Unknown species

Potatoe-apple flower of New South Wales, Australia. Unknown species of Solanum or Convolvulus

Mint buch, Prostanthera scutellarioides
Mint bush, Prostanthera scutellarioides. Native to New South Wales, Australia, first described in 1810 by Scottish botanist Robert Brown. Scutellaria-like chilodia, Chilodia scutellarioides

New South Wales waratah, Telopea speciosissima. Native to New South Wales in Australia. The warratah, Embothrium speciosissimum

Common heath, Epacris impressa. Native to Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia, introduced by nurserymen Messrs. Mackey (Lowe), Clapton, 1825

Chorizema glycinifolium. Found in New South Wales, Australia, by English gardener William Baxter. Glycine-leaved dillwynia, Dillwynia glycinifolia

Fuchsia heath or cigarette flower, Epacris longiflora. Native to New South Wales, Australia. Great-flowered epacris, Epacris grandiflora

Portrait of John Barclay, Scottish comparative anatomist
Portrait of John Barclay, 1758-1826, Scottish comparative anatomist and director of the Highland Society of Scotland

Sulawesi bear cuscus, Ailurops ursinus
Title page with vignette of Sulawesi bear cuscus, Ailurops ursinus. Sulawesi bear phalanger or Ursine phalanger, Phalangista ursina

Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus paradoxus

Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. Echidna, Echidna hystrix

Wombat, Vombatus ursinus. Phascolomys wombat

Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus. Phascolarctos fuscus

Sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps
Sugar glider or short-headed petaurus, Petaurus breviceps

Feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus. Pigmy petaurus, Petaurus pygmaeus

Common ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus. Cook's phalanger, Phalangista cookii (Phalangista banksii on engraving)

Squirrel glider, Petaurus norfolcensis. Squirrel-like petaurus, Petaurus sciureus

Greater glider, Petauroides volans. Taguan petaurus or flying opossum, Petaurus taguanoides

Eastern pygmy possum, Cercartetus nanus. Pigmy phalanger, Phalangista nana

Common ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus. Viverrine phalanger, Phalangista viverrina (Phalangista cookii on engraving)

Common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

Tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii or Notamacropus eugenii. Lord Derby's kangaroo, Macropus derbianus

Brush-tailed rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata
Brush-tailed rock-wallaby or small-eared rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata. Brush-tailed kangaroo, Macropus penicillatus

Swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor. Aroe kangaroo, Macropus ualabatus

Red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus
Red-necked wallaby or Bennett's wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus. Bennett's kangaroo, Macropus bennettii

Whiptail wallaby, Macropus parryi
Whiptail wallaby or pretty-faced wallaby, Macropus parryi

Long-footed potoroo, Potorous longipes. Vulnerable. Rat-tailed hypsiprymnus, Hypsiprymnus murinus

Long-nosed potoroo, Potorous tridactylus tridactylus. Brush-tailed hypsiprymnus, Hypsiprymnus myosurus. Tufted-tailed rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnus penicillatus

Eastern barred bandicoot, Perameles gunnii. Vulnerable. Gunn's perameles, Perameles gunnii

Southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus. Endangered. Short-nosed perameles, Perameles obesula

Greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis. Endangered
Greater bilby or rabbit-eared bandicoot, Macrotis lagotis. Endangered. Rabbit-eared perameles, Perameles lagotis

Long-nosed bandicoot, Perameles nasuta
Long-nosed bandicoot or long-nosed perameles, Perameles nasuta

Numbat, Myrmecobius fasciatus. Endangered
Numbat, noombat or walpurti, Myrmecobius fasciatus. Endangered. Banded myrmecobius

Common dunnart, Sminthopsis murina
Common dunnart or slender-tailed dunnart, Sminthopsis murina. Murine phascogale, Phascogale murina

Tuan or common wambenger, Phascogale tapoatafa. Brush-tailed phascogale, Phascogale penicillata

Mardo or yellow-footed antechinus, Antechinus flavipes. Yellow-footed phascogale, Phascogale flavipes

Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus. Endangered. Mauge's dasyurus, Dasyurus maugei

Tiger quoll, Dasyurus maculatus
Tiger quoll, spotted-tail quoll, the spotted quoll, the spotted-tail dasyure, Dasyurus maculatus. Spotted-tail dasyurus, Dasyurus macrourus

Water opossum or yapok, Chironectes minimus. Yapock opossum, Chironectes yapock

Mysterious hibiscus or lilibiscus species, Hibiscus denisoni. Pink flowers fade to white during the day

Bauer's grevillea, Grevillea baueri

Brachyscome diversifolia. Native to Australia, seeds sent by Scottish botanist Charles Fraser, Colonial Botanist of New South Wales, flowered at Edinburgh Botanic Garden in 1825

Mudgee wattle, Acacia spectabilis
Mudgee wattle, glory wattle, Pilliga wattle, golden wattle or showy acacia, Acacia spectabilis. Native to New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Found by Allan Cunningham

Myrtle wattle, Acacia myrtifolia. Myrtle-leaved mimosa, Mimosa myrtifolia. Native to New South Wales, Australia

Red leschenaultia, Lechenaultia formosa
Red leschenaultia or handsome lechenaultia, Lechenaultia formosa. Native to Lucky Bay, New South Wales, New Holland (Australia), drawn at Robert Barclay's collection at Bury Hill

View of the town of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1808. With 250 houses, observatory tower, windmills, vice-governor William Paterson's botanical garden, and ships in the harbour

Eora (Yura) men Cour-rou-bari-gal and Y-erran-gou-la-ga
Eora (Yura) men Cour-rou-bari-gal 1 and Y-erran-gou-la-ga 2. Aborigines of New South Wales, both with scarification and body painting. The tribes were decimated by smallpox from the colonists

Gang-gang cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum. Vulnerable. As fringe-crested cockatoo, Psittacus fimbriatus. Depicted by Royal Navy officer James Grant in his voyage to New South Wales, Australia

Pink five-corners, Styphelia triflora
Pink five-corners, Three-flowered styphelia, Styphelia triflora. Native to New South Wales and Queensland

Mountain devil, Lambertia formosa. New South Wales, Australia. Red-flowered lambertia, long-leaved variety, Lambertia formosa var. longifolia

Downy daisy bush, Olearia tomentosa, native to New South Wales, Australia. Toothed-leaved starwort, Aster dentatus

Hawthorn-scented boronia, Boronia pinnata. Native to New South Wales, Australia

Green five corners, Styphelia viridis
Green five corners or green-flowered styphelia, Styphelia viridis. Native to New South Wales, New Holland, Australia, in the Lee and Kennedy's Hammersmith Nursery

A view of Government Farm at Rose Hill, New South Wales 1791
Drawing 18 from the Watling Collection titled A view of Government Farm at Rose Hill, New South Wales 1791 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1791

A View of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson March 7th 1792
Drawing 21 from the Watling Collection titled A View of Sydney Cove - Port Jackson March 7th 1792 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1792

Six molluscs including four gastropods and two bivalves
Watercolour 396 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Malacorhynchus membranaceus, pink-eared duck
Watercolour 92 by Thomas Wattling from the Watling Collection titled the Mandibles of a very curious creature

View of the entrance into Port Jackson Harbour
Drawing 4 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Entrance into Port Jackson Harbour by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

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

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

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

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

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

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

A view of Government House and outbuildings, Sydney Cove
Drawing 19 from the Watling Collection titled A View of Governor Philips House Sydney Cove Port Jackson taken fron NNW by a Port Jackson Painter, 1789-1792

The plains of New South Wales, with characteristic animals
Plate 12 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)

Farm Cove, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Darling Point, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Elizabeth Bay, view across beach from Darling Point. Sydney
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Road through suburbs
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia

Steam Pinnace, Sydney
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Ships entering naval port
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Drawings 54-57 from the Watling Collection
54. Native of NSW with a Foygig and throwing stick. 55. Native going to dance, 56. Natives ornamenting themselves. 57. Natives of NSW ornamenting themselves

Drawings 43-46 from the Watling Collection
43. A native fishing. 44. Comoo bee ornamented after a burial. 45. Ablaroo, a moobee after Balloderreeo funeral. 46. native of New South Wales

Drawings 32-36 from the Watling Collection
32. The sitting attitude of women from New South Wales. 33. Untitled. 34. Nanbree. 35. Dirr-a-Goa. 36. Wearring, known as Mr Long, and Karra da

Watling Collection 58-61: Natives of New South Wales, Austra
58. Balloderree, 59. View in Port Jackson, 60. Gna.na.gan.na, 61. Native of New South Wales, Australia. Drawings 58-61 from the Watling Collection

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