Birds of Australia
JOHN GOULD 1804-1881
Dacelo gigantea: Leach
(Great brown kingfisher)
From The Birds of Australia:
in seven volumes V.2
published by the author, London 1869
John Oxley Library
State Library of Queensland
RBF 598.2994 GOU V.2 C1
The exhibition was on display in the Talbot Family Treasures Wall, Level 4, State Library of Queensland from December 2007 – March 2008. This virtual exhibition is an excerpt from the physical exhibition.
A selection of beautiful hand coloured books that brought the birds of Australia to the attention of the world. They form part of the significant collection of nineteenth and twentieth century colourplate books about Australian birds in the State Library of Queensland’s Heritage Collections including the John Oxley Library and the Australian Library of Art.
This showcase of works highlighted the foremost publishers of Australian bird books including John Gould, Gregory M. Matthews, and Silvester Diggles. As part of the exhibition, there were also a number of bird skins on loan from the Queensland Museum, including the Paradise parrot and Lyre-bird.
- View a selection of the works from the display.
- Download the Birds of Australia room brochure [new window
224kb]. - For further reading visit the John Oxley Library and Australian Library of Art.
Last updated: 7th December 2011
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