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"This animal has not any claim to swiftness of foot". This is one of our favourite quotes from the historic literature ("An account of the English colony in New South Wales", David Collins, 1804) #Wombat https://t.co/C669M1AeYd via @museumsvictoria @BioDivLibrary @atlaslivingaust
New to @biodivlibrary: Gregory M. Mathews "A supplement to the birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands : to which is added those birds of New Zealand not figured by Buller" (1936). https://t.co/nYxgQo6yA3 Digitised for #BHLib by @museumsvictoria thanks to @atlaslivingaust.
The Great Kangaroo, 1792. Illustrated by Sydenham Teast Edwards in "Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina" https://t.co/ra5M73FVea on
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#EasternGreyKangaroo
The Fuchsia Grevillea (also known as "Jingle Bells") must be Australia's most Christmassy plant! #AussieXmasTree Image: Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1913. https://t.co/fD5CpCoEmm via @BioDivLibrary @mobotgarden @kewgardens #BHLCurtis
Wishing all biodiversity, heritage & literature lovers a very Merry Christmas!
Illustrations from Curtis's Botanical Magazine via @kewgardens @BioDivLibrary & @mobotgarden https://t.co/QCW67KAZCp #AussieXmasTree
Presenting "The Complete Book of British Butterflies" by Frederick William Frohawk (1934) with 32 colour plates & 160 sketches drawn from life. Digitised for @biodivlibrary from @museumsvictoria library. https://t.co/dpxtDT2A9b
The @bhl_au project has now digitised 2000+ volumes (312,753 pages) of Australia's biodiversity literature, all of which are now #OpenAccess on @BioDivLibrary thx to our 25 contributing organisations & funding from @atlaslivingaust. See the full list here: https://t.co/5WrQZHYxOj
The stunningly beautiful "Mammals of Australia" (1871), spectacularly illustrated by the #ScottSisters (Miss Harriett Scott & Mrs Helena Forde). Peruse the illustrations in all their glory via @Flickr: https://t.co/VDmvxs7JG8 (digitised for @BioDivLibrary by @SILibraries).
Australian snakes are more beautiful in colour! The same is definitely true for Helena Forde & Harriet Scott's illustrations. Thanks @museumsvictoria for digitising this coloured copy of Gerard Krefft's 1869 "The snakes of Australia" for @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/NcccaX8ecl
For your Monday morning viewing pleasure, we give you the brain of a kangaroo (from George Robert Waterhouse's 1846 "A Natural History of the Mammalia", new to #BHLib this week via @museumsvictoria @atlaslivingaust): https://t.co/XpaCzunxqp @biodivlibrary #MammalMonday