Eucalypt Flowers
Eucalypt Flowers

Author: John Walter Wrigley

Publisher: National Library Australia

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0642277672

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Whether small shrub-like mallees or forest giants, eucalypts are a defining feature of the Australian landscape-the essence of 'the bush'. Their striking forms and beautiful foliage and flowers have inspired a host of talented artists since first seen by the early European explorers. Eucalypt Flowers features more than 100 stunning images, drawn from the collections of the National Library of Australia. It presents some two and a half centuries of the best in eucalypt botanical illustration by 45 well-known and lesser-known artists and engravers.

Australian History Live!
Australian History Live!

Author: Ian Warden

Publisher: National Library Australia

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0642277788

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This book is a collection of virtual time-travellings back to Australiae(tm)s past. AustralianHistory Live! is a compelling look at Australian history using first person accounts asreported in the press and in journals and diaries. Included in the collection are grippingaccounts of occasions both great and minor. Here you can find the heart wrenchingaccount of a bewildered little terrier dog refusing to leave the bayoneted dead body ofits master just killed at the Eureka Stockade. Read an amazing description of BertHinkler landing his absurdly tiny little aeroplane (hee(tm)d just flown it across the world in aworld-record time) on the straight at Flemington Racecourse. Share scientist FrancisRatcliffee(tm)s experience of being caught and shaken by a very wild willy-willy.