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Thomas Watling Collection

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Portrait of an Aboriginal man, named Bennelong

Portrait of an Aboriginal man, named Bennelong
Drawing 41 from the Watling Collection titled Native name Ben-nel-long, as painted when angry after Botany Bay Colebee was wounded by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1790

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Calyptorhynchus funereus, yellow-tailed black cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus funereus, yellow-tailed black cockatoo
Watercolour 137 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Banksian Cockatoo, native name Kar ratt

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Telopea speciosissima, waratah

Telopea speciosissima, waratah
Drawing 432 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Warratta

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Cygnus atratus, black swan

Cygnus atratus, black swan
Watercolour 351 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Neophema pulchella, turquoise parrot

Neophema pulchella, turquoise parrot
Watercolour 132 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Turcosine Parrot

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Octopus

Octopus
Watercolour 401 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Janthina violacea, violet snail

Janthina violacea, violet snail
Watercolour 398 by Thomas Watling, entitled Boala, from the Watling Collection

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Portrait of an Aboriginal woman named Abbarroo, decorated fo

Portrait of an Aboriginal woman named Abbarroo, decorated fo
Drawing 45 from the Watling Collection titled Abbarroo a moobee after Balloderrees funeral by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1791

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: An eye-sketch of Port Stephens, to the north of Broken Bay

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

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: View of Grotto Point, looking north-east towards the harbour

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

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Drawing 25 from the Watling Collection

Drawing 25 from the Watling Collection
25. Mr White, Harris & Laing visiting Botany Bay Colebee

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: A view of Government Farm at Rose Hill, New South Wales 1791

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

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Aboriginal weapons and implements

Aboriginal weapons and implements
Drawing 78 from the Watling Collection titled Wig goon, Womarang, Woo da by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: A View of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson March 7th 1792

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

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Native woman and child of Australia

Native woman and child of Australia
37. Gur-roo-ee, 38. Bi-Gong, 39. Goo-nee-orol-gal, 40. Ban-nel-lang, 41. Ben-nel-long, 42. Native woman and child. Drawings 37-42 from the Watling Collection

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Ban-nel-lang meeting the Governor

Ban-nel-lang meeting the Governor
Ban nel lang meeting the Governor by apointment after he was wounded by Willemaring in September 1790. Watercolour drawing from the Port Jackson Painter collection c. 1790, Watling Drawing no. 40

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Accipiter cirrocephalus, collared sparrowhawk

Accipiter cirrocephalus, collared sparrowhawk
Watercolour 112 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New Holland Sparrowhawk

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Falco longipennis, Australian hobby

Falco longipennis, Australian hobby
Watercolour 105 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Lunated Falcon, Goo-roo-wang

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Watercolour 66 from the Watling Collection

Watercolour 66 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 66 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Phaethon rubricauda, red-tailed tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda, red-tailed tropicbird
Watercolour 360 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Red-tailed Tropic-bird

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: View of the entrance into Port Jackson Harbour

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

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Portrait of an Aboriginal boy named Nanbree

Portrait of an Aboriginal boy named Nanbree
Drawing 34 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Nanbree by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Landscape with aborigines, in tondo surrounded by tools and

Landscape with aborigines, in tondo surrounded by tools and
Drawing 76 from the Watling Collection titled A Native climbing a tree near his Bark Hut and Fire by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: View across Sydney Cove from the hospital towards Government

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

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Drawing 22 from the Watling Collection

Drawing 22 from the Watling Collection

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: A View of the coastline on the western side of Lord Howe Isl

A View of the coastline on the western side of Lord Howe Isl
Drawing LS 5 from the Watling Collection titled View of Lord Howe Island by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Full-length portrait of an Aboriginal man named Cameragal, e

Full-length portrait of an Aboriginal man named Cameragal, e
Drawing 53 from the Watling Collection titled Cameragal the chief of the most powerful Tribe in New South Wales by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Portrait of an Aboriginal woman carrying a child on her shou

Portrait of an Aboriginal woman carrying a child on her shou
Drawing 42 from the Watling Collection titled A Native Woman and her Child by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Aboriginal man armed for combat

Aboriginal man armed for combat
Drawing 50 from the Watling Collection titled A Native of New South Wales equipt for Fight by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Gur-roo-ee

Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Gur-roo-ee
Drawing 37 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Gur-roo-ee by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Glossopsitta pusilla, little lorikeet

Glossopsitta pusilla, little lorikeet
Watercolour 129 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Small Parakeet

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Aboriginal woman healing a child

Aboriginal woman healing a child
Drawing 62 from the Watling Collection titled A woman of New South Wales cureing the head ache by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Bi-Gong

Portrait of an Aboriginal man named Bi-Gong
Drawing 38 from the Watling Collection titled Portrait of Bi-Gong by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus, rainbow lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus, rainbow lorikeet
Watercolour 125 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Red-breasted or Blue-bellied Parrot, Goeril

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Anthus novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pipit

Anthus novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pipit
Watercolour 270 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Lark

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Aboriginal men fighting in a landscape

Aboriginal men fighting in a landscape
Drawing 47 from the Watling Collection titled A Native of New South Wales surprising and wounding another whilst asleep by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, black-necked stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, black-necked stork
Watercolour 302 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Jabiru

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: An Aboriginal family in a harbour landscape

An Aboriginal family in a harbour landscape
Drawing 43 from the Watling Collection titled A Native going to Fish with a Torch and flambeaux, while his Wife and children are broiling fish for their supper by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Aborigines returned from fishing

Aborigines returned from fishing
Drawing 73 from the Watling Collection titled Natives returned from Fishing by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: North view of Sydney Cove

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

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Watercolour 50 from the Watling Collection

Watercolour 50 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 50 by by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Portrait of an Aboriginal man carrying a basket

Portrait of an Aboriginal man carrying a basket
Drawing 68 from the Watling Collection titled A Native carrying a water basket of bark by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1791

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Banksia spinulosa, hairpin banksia

Banksia spinulosa, hairpin banksia
Drawing 415 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Wallangre

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: A Group of Aborigines around a camp fire

A Group of Aborigines around a camp fire
Drawing 26 from the Watling Collection titled A Group on the North Shore of Port Jackson, New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: View of Sydney Cove from the North shore of the harbour

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

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Watling Drawing 194

Watling Drawing 194
Caption describing a lizard in New South Wales, Australia

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Portraits of Wear rung and Karra da of the Boo. roo. bee. rung

Portraits of Wear rung and Karra da of the Boo. roo. bee. rung
Drawing 36 from the Watling Collection titled Wear rung commonly known by the name of Mr Long and Karra da who exchanged names with Captain Ball by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Background imageThomas Watling Collection: Full-length portrait of an Aboriginal boy named Nanberry

Full-length portrait of an Aboriginal boy named Nanberry
Drawing 63 from the Watling Collection titled Nan.bar.ree painted for a dance by Port Jackson Painter, 1789-1797



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