Australian Ringneck,(Barnardius zonarius), 1848 Size:75 x 114 cm (A0) with rowing boats pulled up

with rowing boats pulled up to the bank

Creator Joseph Lycett

designed by the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC)

Creator Department of Lands

where young painters like Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton whiled away the 1890s depression in creative bliss at places like Balmoral and the Curlew Camp at little Sirius Cove

Australian Ringneck,(Barnardius zonarius), 1848 Size:75 x 114 cm (A0) with rowing boats pulled upCreator J. Gould & H. C. Richter Date 1848 Native to Australia. John Goulds lavish publication, Birds of Australia, was the most ambitious and finest ever published of Australian birds, included a staggering 681 large folio sized plates, 328 of which were species new to science. The illustration work by Goulds wife Elizabeth and H. C Richter are magnificent and charming works of art as well as highly accurate ornithological studies. Source: