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Can we use our most-viewed books in
to track moods during isolation? In March our most-viewed book was "Snakes of Australia" (https://t.co/NMD30JKmJ1); in April it was butterflies: "Australian Lepidoptera & their Transformations" (https://t.co/dm9ZiwJsCr). 🐍🦋🤔

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2020-05-08

Sadly we can no longer access our scanner, but we're still uploading the last few items we digitised onto , like this fabulous 1st ed. of Neville Cayley's "What bird is that? A guide to the birds of Australia" from 's library: https://t.co/CLnl6OmT4G

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2020-04-01

"Before the fires - The three sisters, Australia. From u/steven_sandner on Reddit

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2020-01-29

The Native Bear. Illustration by Miss Harriett Scott & Mrs Helena Forde, from Krefft's "The mammals of Australia" 1871 (on via https://t.co/LLcIKoGW6T)

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2020-01-25

"Art of Australia" was a special exhibition presented at in 1941, featuring dozens of works spanning 18th to 20th centuries. The show included this watercolor "Cabbage Gums and Cypress Pines" by Kenneth MacQueen, now in Met permanent collection. https://t.co/enJEVsTt4h

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2020-01-09

I know my account is smoll, but consider checking out the "Harringrove for Australia" campaign on Tumblr where you get cool art/writing for donations!
https://t.co/m6L3mjQqE8

Check out the other participators as well!

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2020-01-08

"Brown-banded Snake", 1869. Illustration by Harriet Scott, from Krefft's "The Snakes of Australia". https://t.co/iuyGJUjYUg via

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2020-01-07

...the stars are brightly shining...

Images from "Echinoderms from Australia" by Hubert Lyman Clark 1938: https://t.co/1ejY1xZXuE via

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2019-12-21

The stunningly beautiful "Mammals of Australia" (1871), spectacularly illustrated by the (Miss Harriett Scott & Mrs Helena Forde). Peruse the illustrations in all their glory via : https://t.co/VDmvxs7JG8 (digitised for by ).

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2019-10-17

Australian snakes are more beautiful in colour! The same is definitely true for Helena Forde & Harriet Scott's illustrations. Thanks for digitising this coloured copy of Gerard Krefft's 1869 "The snakes of Australia" for https://t.co/NcccaX8ecl

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2019-10-16

Our home institution is celebrating today to raise money for the (https://t.co/3rm1RWkYrN) but some Aussie birds wear their team colours all year round!
(Illustrations from John Gould's "The Birds of Australia" via )

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2019-09-26

In celebration & support of ALL young people everywhere, here is a Wompoo Fruit-Dove in all its purple glory.

(Illustration: HC Richter 1848 from John Gould's "The Birds of Australia" Vol. 5 via & : https://t.co/iUaJYpK6gX)

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2019-08-30

Happy
(Australian Sea-lion, from John Gould's "Mammals of Australia" 1863, illustrated by Henry Constantine Richter) https://t.co/hS2Dvad8cs via

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2019-08-10

The spectacular illustrations of the spectacular "Echinoderms from Australia" (1938) digitised for by .
https://t.co/RWBB1D4EHH

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2019-06-22

Australian parrots are among the most colourful birds in the world. But their eggs? This is the least colourful plate in AJ North's 1889 "Nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia" https://t.co/IKWPb1aX6y (digitised for by )

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2019-06-20

"#Fostoria dhimbangunmal, gen. et sp. nov., a new iguanodontian (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the mid-Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia", new paper by Phil R. Bell et al. in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology () https://t.co/I0PoYzGpHe

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2019-06-04

The Duck-billed Platypus, illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott & Mrs Helena Forde. Krefft's "The mammals of Australia" 1871. https://t.co/xQryDY8RuP via

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2019-04-27

Happy Easter from ! We "hop" the Easter Bilby came!
(image from Gould's "Mammals of Australia" via & https://t.co/ADE7D9qmPc) cc

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2019-04-20

"Diamond Snake", 1869. Illustrated by Helena Forde, in Krefft's "The Snakes of Australia". https://t.co/fcpxwQicau via (Morelia spilota spilota)

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2019-03-30

"The Sooty Opossum", illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott & Mrs Helena Forde in Krefft's 1871 "The mammals of Australia" (on via https://t.co/wnuTBmTw80

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2019-03-27