After the British established a convict colony in Australia in 1788 a river of botanical…
One of my favourite parts of State Library's Entwined: Plants and People exhibition was the…
The Banks’ Florilegium and Ferdinand Bauer’s Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae are two of the State…
Kindred Spirits: Plants and People is a companion to State Library’s Entwined exhibition. Author Shannon…
One of the most iconic of Queensland trees would have to be the bunya (Araucaria…
State Library’s Conservation team recently worked on an unusual collection item – an album of…
Pteridomania was the name coined by Charles Kingsley for the British fern fever of the…
Much of Australia’s flora has been isolated since the break-up of Gondwana, but hugging our…
One of the most enduring plant obsessions is orchidelirium, or the mania for orchids. This…
One of the most complex and beautiful examples of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander technology…
This distinctive plant genus is found only in Australia, and different species occur in all…