Download or read book Natural Curiosity written by Louise Anemaat and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parrots and lorikeets swoop down, vivid, bright and colourful. Black swans glide through the air. Owls stare out from pages, wide-eyed. A sense of awe swept through natural history circles in eighteenth-century London when the first ships returned from Sydney with their cargo of exotic animals, birds and plants – and striking watercolour illustrations. The sudden emergence, in 2011, of a large number of these watercolour illustrations has revealed much about the early years of the colony. In Natural Curiosity, Louise Anemaat uncovers never-before-published works from the artists of the First Fleet, including convicts-turned-watercolourists Thomas Watling and John Doody, and the anonymous 'Port Jackson Painter'. She unravels the complex network of natural history collectors who spanned the globe – eagerly acquiring, copying and exchanging these artworks – from New South Wales Surgeon-General John White to passionate British collector Aylmer Bourke Lambert.

Download or read book Australian National Bibliography 1992 written by National Library of Australia and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 1988 with total page 1976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Landscapes of South Australia written by ALEX. FRAYNE and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographic artist Alex Frayne has travelled the length and breadth of South Australia to bring us this wondrous book of images from his big and beautiful, timeless and daunting back yard. South Australia's landscapes are extraordinary and enriching. Frayne pays them marvellous homage in this triumphant and emotional photographic essay.

Download or read book Australia s Timeless Gardens written by Judith Baskin and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 1996 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's Timeless Gardens is a celebration of private gardening in Australia since 1788. Presenting more than 100 paintings, engravings, sketches and photographs from the collections of the National Library of Australia, it offers a pictorial tour through two centuries of gardening history.

Download or read book Strange Country written by Patrick McCaughey and published by Miegunyah Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Painting matters to Australia and Australians as it does in few other countries. It has formed our consciousness, our sense of where we come from, and who we are. It cries out for wider recognition and acknowledgement.' - Patrick McCaughey Why has Australia, an island continent with a small population, produced such original and powerful art? And why is it so little known beyond our shores? Strange Country: Why Australian Painting Matters is Patrick McCaughey's answer.

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Download or read book A Pictorial History of Australia written by Rex Rienits and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: References to Aborigines throughout, including early contact and conflict; brief description of lifestyle.

Download or read book Arcadian Quest written by Elisabeth Findlay and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 1998 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westall was a landscape and figure painter on the voyage of The Investigator, captained by Matthew Flinders, 1801; survey and chronology of the voyage; paintings include four portraits from Port Jackson; Port Lincoln; King George's Sound; Blue Mud Bay: Body of a Native Shot on Morgan's Island, 1803; Port Bowen, Queensland.

Download or read book Australian Wildlife After Dark written by Martyn Robinson and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia is a land of many unique animals, some of which are active only during the cooler evening and night-time and so are rarely seen. These are the after dark animals so widespread yet so little noticed by humans, whether in our backyards, the arid desert, woodlands or rainforest. Australian Wildlife After Dark brings this hidden fauna into the light. The after dark fauna includes a surprising diversity of familiar (and some not-so-familiar) species, from cockroaches, moths and spiders through to bandicoots, bats and birds – and then some. Each example is described in a unique, friendly style by Martyn Robinson, familiar to many Australians through his frequent media appearances on ABC Radio and in Burke’s Backyard magazine, and Bruce Thomson, an internationally renowned wildlife photographer and bat researcher. The book includes stunning photography and boxes that highlight selected topics, such as the ‘windscreen wiper’ eyelids of geckoes and the strategies used by night-time plants to attract pollinators. Also included are practical tips on finding nocturnal wildlife, a glossary of scientific terms and a short bibliography.

Download or read book Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil written by Howard Willoughby and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1886-01-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Discovering Australian Flora written by Fanny Karouta-Manasse and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia’s complex, beautiful and diverse flora is showcased in stunning botanic gardens across the continent. Through exquisite colour photographs taken at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG), Fanny Karouta-Manasse celebrates the minute and intriguing details of these plants. Discovering Australian Flora explains how plants are displayed in the ANBG according to themes and provides clear and simple geographical, historical and botanical information. It also describes the unique features of Australian flora, including their reliance on fire and ability to survive in poor soil, and looks in detail at the two dominant genera in the Australian landscape – Eucalyptus and Acacia. This fresh and intimate view of some of Australia’s native flora will serve not only as a companion to visitors to the ANBG but will also allow others to explore the wonders of Australia’s botanical treasures. This book will appeal to both local and overseas readers wishing to become more familiar with Australian native flora. The striking photographs will appeal to anyone with an appreciation and passion for nature's beauty.

Download or read book A Catalogue of Oil Paintings in the Pictorial Collection of the National Library of Australia written by National Library of Australia and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some portraits and studies of Aborigines; Tasmanian Aborigines.

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Download or read book A Collector s Book of Australian Dance written by Michelle Potter and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2002 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost from the time that the camera was invented photographers have been tying to show what dance can be. The author explores the National Library's Pictorial Collection and presents these spectacular, damatic, sexy and very human moments our contemporary dancers and photographers have created.

Download or read book Little Book of Australian Gardens written by and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2005 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Photographs of Australian heritage gardens complement poetry by Judith Wright, Dorothea Mackellar, Les Murray and Banjo Patterson, among others. Created from works held in the National Library of Australia's Pictures and Manuscript Collections".