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Tasmania Collection (page 2)

Background imageTasmania Collection: Native fuchsia, lilac and pepper

Native fuchsia, lilac and pepper
Native fuchsia, Correa speciosa, native lilac, Tetratheca glandulosa, native pepper, Tasmannia aromatica with green mantis, Mantis religiosa var

Background imageTasmania Collection: Margin-winged stick insect and red epacris

Margin-winged stick insect and red epacris
Margin-winged stick insect, Ctenomorpha chronus, and red epacris, Epacris impressa. (Walking stick mantis, Phasma sp.) Chromolithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book

Background imageTasmania Collection: Copperleaf snowberry and purple apple-berry

Copperleaf snowberry and purple apple-berry
Copperleaf snowberry, Gaultheria hispida, and purple berry, Billardiera longiflora. With emerald king butterfly, Papilio palinurus

Background imageTasmania Collection: Common stargazer and longsnout boarfish

Common stargazer and longsnout boarfish
Common stargazer, Kathetostoma laeve, and longsnout boarfish, Pentaceropsis recurvirostris. (Catfish, Kathethostoma loeve, and pig-faced lady)

Background imageTasmania Collection: Globe flower and buttercups

Globe flower and buttercups
Globe flower, Trollius europaeus, and other species of buttercups, Ranunculus glacialis, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Daniel Rabel after a botanical illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian

Background imageTasmania Collection: Caryodes dufresnii dufresnii

Caryodes dufresnii dufresnii (Dufresnes bulimus, Bulimus dufresnii), Tasmanian landsnail. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Background imageTasmania Collection: Natives of Tasmania (Van Diemens Land)

Natives of Tasmania (Van Diemens Land)
Natives of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land. Grou Agara, man with scarification on his chest and animal-skin cape, and Arra-Maida, woman with child on her back in kangaroo papoose

Background imageTasmania Collection: Francois Peron examining an aborginal tomb

Francois Peron examining an aborginal tomb on Maria Island, Tasmania. Complete (left), half opened (right) and dismantled (centre). The grave consists of a cone of wooden fibre over long poles

Background imageTasmania Collection: Eastern quoll or spotted opossum, Dasyrus

Eastern quoll or spotted opossum, Dasyrus viverrinus. Native to Tasmania. Illustration by John Lewin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageTasmania Collection: Rices wattle or Mr. T. Spring Rices acacia, Acacia riceana

Rices wattle or Mr. T. Spring Rices acacia, Acacia riceana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Background imageTasmania Collection: View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821

View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821
View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, with 2, 700 inhabitants in 400 homes, 1821. Showing the government building, school, church, prison, battery and telegraph signals

Background imageTasmania Collection: de Havilland Riley-Heron 2 VH-CLX

de Havilland Riley-Heron 2 VH-CLX of Airlines of Tasmania. Date: 1970s

Background imageTasmania Collection: A Man of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) encountered during Cook

A Man of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) encountered during Cooks visit Date: circa 1770

Background imageTasmania Collection: Basalt columns, Tasman Island, Tasmania, Australia

Basalt columns, Tasman Island, Tasmania, Australia
View of Tasman Island, Tasmania, Australia, showing the formations of basalt columns. Date: circa 1860

Background imageTasmania Collection: Australia - Hobart Harbour, Tasmania - Birds Eye View

Australia - Hobart Harbour, Tasmania - Birds Eye View Date: circa 1910

Background imageTasmania Collection: William Lanne, last surviving male Tasmanian aborigine

William Lanne, last surviving male Tasmanian aborigine
William Lanne (c1835-1869), also known as King Billy or William Laney, the last surviving full-blooded male Tasmanian aborigine. 1866

Background imageTasmania Collection: Hobart convict barracks, Tasmania

Hobart convict barracks, Tasmania
Convict barracks at Hobart, Tasmania (formerly Van Diemens Land) Date: 1830s

Background imageTasmania Collection: Gully in the Tasmanian Jungle, Charles E Gordon Frazer

Gully in the Tasmanian Jungle, Charles E Gordon Frazer
A Gully in the Tasmanian Jungle with Wallabies in the foreground, by Charles E Gordon Frazer (1863-1899)

Background imageTasmania Collection: Tasmanian aborigines attacking a settlers hut

Tasmanian aborigines attacking a settlers hut. 1870

Background imageTasmania Collection: Australian Convicts

Australian Convicts
Tasmanian convicts sentenced to hard labour are made to carry a hundredweight of shingles - 50 kilos - for up to 50 kilometres, but this will be abolished by the 1850s

Background imageTasmania Collection: Cover design, Fly to the East

Cover design, Fly to the East, showing destinations in India, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Singapore, Australia and Tasmania. 20th century

Background imageTasmania Collection: Maestri Silver Mine, Dundas, Montagu County, Tasmania, Austr

Maestri Silver Mine, Dundas, Montagu County, Tasmania, Austr
The Maestri Silver Mine in the Dundas District of Montagu County, Tasmania. Miners stand in clearing. A small wagon runs on a short track. Huts stand in the background. Date: circa 1895

Background imageTasmania Collection: Fern Tree Valley, Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia

Fern Tree Valley, Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia
A man illustrates the size of the tress in Fern Tree Valley, Mount Wellington, Tasmania. Date: circa 1895

Background imageTasmania Collection: Sir Charles Du Cane

Sir Charles Du Cane
SIR CHARLES DU CANE Governor of Tasmania Date: 1825 - 1889

Background imageTasmania Collection: John Frost (Read)

John Frost (Read)
JOHN FROST Social reformer, leading Chartist, convicted of treason and exiled to Tasmania 1840 - 1854 Date: 1784 - 1877

Background imageTasmania Collection: John Frost / Chartist

John Frost / Chartist
JOHN FROST English reformer, leading member of the Chartist Movement, convicted of high treason and exiled to Tasmania from 1840 until 1854 Date: 1784 - 1877

Background imageTasmania Collection: Prosqualodon davidi, skull cast

Prosqualodon davidi, skull cast
Cast of the cranium of Prosqualodon davidi from the early Miocene of Tasmania, Australia (original skull no longer exists)

Background imageTasmania Collection: Tasmanian Tiger on display, Australia

Tasmanian Tiger on display, Australia
Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) on display (probably stuffed), in a garden in Australia. The species is believed to be extinct. Date: circa 1910

Background imageTasmania Collection: Superb Fairywren, Malurus cyaneus cyaneus, from Tasmania

Superb Fairywren, Malurus cyaneus cyaneus, from Tasmania.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Background imageTasmania Collection: View of Hobart town, Van Diemens Land, Tasmania, Australia

View of Hobart town, Van Diemens Land, Tasmania, Australia.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageTasmania Collection: Extinct Palawa or Palervar aborigines fishing

Extinct Palawa or Palervar aborigines fishing in a river, Tasmania.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageTasmania Collection: Extinct Palawa or Palervar aborigines, Tasmania, Australia

Extinct Palawa or Palervar aborigines, Tasmania, Australia.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageTasmania Collection: Oval-leaved billardiera, Billardiera ovalis

Oval-leaved billardiera, Billardiera ovalis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1834

Background imageTasmania Collection: Mr Loudons adesmia, Adesmia loudonia

Mr Loudons adesmia, Adesmia loudonia
Mr. Loudons adesmia, Adesmia loudonia.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1834

Background imageTasmania Collection: Aboriginal burial site in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)

Aboriginal burial site in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)
Western explorer examining an aboriginal burial site in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania). There is a ship on the sea in the background. Date: 1803

Background imageTasmania Collection: Thos. Francis Meagher

Thos. Francis Meagher
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER Irish-born American : banished to Tasmania for dissident doings, escaped to America where he fought in the Union army in the Civil War. Date: 1823 - 1867

Background imageTasmania Collection: Sir Robert Hamilton

Sir Robert Hamilton
Sir ROBERT GEORGE CROOKSHANK HAMILTON Governor of Tasmania Date: 1836 - 1895

Background imageTasmania Collection: Falls Hut, Cascades, Australia

Falls Hut, Cascades, Australia
Falls Hut, Cascades, Tasmania, Australia Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTasmania Collection: Leopard and Hyena

Leopard and Hyena
Camelopard (giraffe) and Spotted hyenae (or laughing hyena). Book: An account of a voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington

Background imageTasmania Collection: Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Good Hope. Book: An account of a voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington, superintendant of the convicts; to which is prefixed a detail of his life, trials, speeches, &c. &c

Background imageTasmania Collection: George Barrington, holding a quill pen

George Barrington, holding a quill pen
Portrait of George Barrington, holding a quill pen. Book: An account of a voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington, superintendant of the convicts; to which is prefixed a detail of his life

Background imageTasmania Collection: Aborigine woman in a canoe

Aborigine woman in a canoe
Engraved title page, showing an Aborigine woman in a canoe, fishing. Book: An account of a voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington

Background imageTasmania Collection: Australia - Tasmania - Launceston

Australia - Tasmania - Launceston - Kings Bridge, the entrance to Cataract Bay. Date: 1906

Background imageTasmania Collection: George Robinson on his conciliation mission, Tasmania

George Robinson on his conciliation mission, Tasmania

Background imageTasmania Collection: Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania

Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania
Entrance to Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania Date: circa 1950s

Background imageTasmania Collection: Tasmania, Australia - Hobart - The Harbour

Tasmania, Australia - Hobart - The Harbour. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTasmania Collection: The Corra Linn of Northern Tasmania

The Corra Linn of Northern Tasmania -- a landscape of water, rocks and trees. 1870

Background imageTasmania Collection: Children ride to school - Australia

Children ride to school - Australia
Children ride to school along an Australian Bush Road, Tasmania. Date: 1908



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