Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) Size:19 x 25 cm (A4) Archery bow represents north point

Archery bow represents north point

including highest honours at the Melbourne 1888 Centennial Exhibition

The map is unmistakably Dutch with tulips and ice skaters behind the figure of Winter

one of Australia's great nineteenth century photraphers

were responsible for the renaming of Hawkesbury River Station to 'Brooklyn'

Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) Size:19 x 25 cm (A4) Archery bow represents north pointCreator Ms. Maund (17901863) Date 1842 Native to southeastern Australia, the waratah is the floral emblem of New South Wales. The name 'waratah' comes from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area The Showy Waratah from Benjamin Maund's 'The Botanist' (1836 1842). The illustrations for Maund's publication were prepared by several women artists, including his two daughters. This fine waratah engraving was originally drawn