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The Spotted Opossum from "The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay" 1789. https://t.co/N70s6aZ1oK via @BioDivLibrary @NHM_London
The Great Flying Phalanger, from Gould's "Mammals of Australia", 1863. #GreaterGlider https://t.co/LpaU3VDXsk @BioDivLibrary & @SILibraries
John Lewin's "The Birds of New South Wales" (1813) is the 1st illustrated book published in Australia. We have digitised the extremely rare 3rd (1822) & 4th (1838) editions of this momentous work from @museumsvictoria's rare book collection: https://t.co/96N0TYR8cM @BioDivLibrary
Is this Australia's most Christmassy plant? Sturt's Desert Pea (from Curtis's Botanical Magazine 1858 via @BioDivLibrary @mobotgarden) https://t.co/ADFBG4JXLA
We have just digitised the final volume of Gregory Mathews "The Birds of Australia". All 12 volumes of this monumental publication (1910-27) are now freely available online @BioDivLibrary (volumes 11&12 are from @museumsvictoria's rare book collection) https://t.co/edoolxaQn5
We're thrilled to announce that John Lewin's "A natural history of the birds of New South Wales" (3rd ed 1922), from @museumsvictoria rare book collection, is now freely available online @BioDivLibrary. And it's beautiful! https://t.co/CWYfKF46Nn #OpenAccess @atlaslivingaust
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby from John Gould's "A monograph of the Macropodidæ", illustrated by Henry Constantine Richter. https://t.co/ZKxCBV4uZN via @BioDivLibrary & @SILibraries
Check our these wonderful depictions of Australian animals from White's 1790 "Voyage to New South Wales" #CoatofArms #SciArt https://t.co/9pkLWpaaT8 via @BioDivLibrary @Harvard
The world's smallest gliding possum was described by George Shaw in 1794 (illustration by James Sowerby). #FeathertailGlider via @museumsvictoria @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/IlJc4Nz5tr
"The most beautiful mammal I have seen in Australia... hitherto a stranger to science." Carl Lumholtz (1889) on his first sighting of the tree-kangaroo named in his honour. https://t.co/mKzcRSQAVv via @BioDivLibrary & @BPLBoston #LumholtzTreeKangaroo