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Gregory Mathew's spectacular "The birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar quadrant" (1928) is now online, digitised for @BioDivLibrary from @museumsvictoria's rare book collection thanks to @atlaslivingaust: https://t.co/a8zEii4VH5 #SciArt
Happy Birthday John Gould! Peruse the beautiful Australian illustrations (most by Elizabeth Gould) in our @Flickr collection here: https://t.co/30jHWf8m86 Images via @BioDivLibrary @SILibraries @museumsvictoria
In celebration & support of ALL young people everywhere, here is a Wompoo Fruit-Dove in all its purple glory. #WearItPurple
(Illustration: HC Richter 1848 from John Gould's "The Birds of Australia" Vol. 5 via @BioDivLibrary & @SILibraries: https://t.co/iUaJYpK6gX)
Happy #WorldLionDay!
(Australian Sea-lion, from John Gould's "Mammals of Australia" 1863, illustrated by Henry Constantine Richter) https://t.co/hS2Dvad8cs via @BioDivLibrary @SILibraries
@JackDAshby @DublinDeadZoo @NMIreland I wonder if the taxidermist was using this image as a reference: https://t.co/R9qPZlkdxd cc @BioDivLibrary
The 1st scientific description of the Mirror Dory Zenopsis nebulosus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845).
https://t.co/u0MyzEjmwu (digitised for @biodivlibrary by @mayrlibrary)
The Duck-billed Platypus, illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott & Mrs Helena Forde. Krefft's "The mammals of Australia" 1871. https://t.co/xQryDY8RuP via @BioDivLibrary @SILibraries #SciArt #Platypus
The Spiny Leaf Insect, Extatosoma tiaratum, was described for the first time in the scientific literature by Macleay in 1826. https://t.co/G457H6fDTP
(Image: https://t.co/sd0Siq92mc) via @BioDivLibrary @NHM_London
"Diamond Snake", 1869. Illustrated by Helena Forde, in Krefft's "The Snakes of Australia". https://t.co/fcpxwQicau via @mayrlibrary @BioDivLibrary #DiamondPython (Morelia spilota spilota) #SciArt
"The Sooty Opossum", illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott & Mrs Helena Forde in Krefft's 1871 "The mammals of Australia" (on @BioDivLibrary via @SILibraries https://t.co/wnuTBmTw80 #SciArt #AustralianBrushtailPossum #BrushtailPossum