Callistemon
Australia lecture, part 7 of 9 sheets of slides
Date: 1958 to 1959
From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia
Reference: PA12-8821
Description: Transparency slides of Australia selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This sheet shows Australian plants and birds; the Cotter Dam; the stained glass window in the War Memorial in Canberra; Government House (Yarralumla) in Canberra; jacaranda trees at Grafton. These are followed by images that Mr Williams purchased showing Australian plants and birds, aerial views of Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road; Louttit Bay, Lorne; McKenzie Falls; a stone bridge into the Melbourne Botanical Gardens; and two views of Mount Olga. The slides are not filed in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of Australian images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Raper, George, 1769-1797: Metrosideros - Banks [Crimson bottlebrush (Melaleuca citrina)...
Date: [ca 1788-1790]
From: Raper, George, 1769-1797: Birds of Australia and South Seas. Original drawings 1788-90. From E. Cane
By: Raper, George, 1769-1797
Reference: E-327-f-046
Description: Eastern whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) and Crimson bottlebrush (Melaleuca citrina). Bird specimen depicted in profile perched on a branch with botanical specimen behind. Title supplied by Library incorporating transcription from item. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - "Metrosideros - Banks" [pencil annotation] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink on laid paper, 417 x 258 mm.
Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Tui and silver eyes. 1987].
Date: 1987
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-011
Description: Shows one tui and six silvereyes on the branches of a bottlebrush. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Countryside and garden birds of New Zealand" (1987). This image appears on pages 18-19 of this book. Other Titles - Silvereyes Other Titles - Waxeyes Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 297 x 420 mm.