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First Published Images of Australian Fauna and Flora.

The earliest images of Australian fauna were depicted by Aboriginal Australians, pre-dating Europeans by millennia.

Our prints represent the first published images.
Our collection is certainly not complete, but quite comprehensive. Many of the prints are rare.

Key references:

• Stanbury and Phipps, "Australia's Animals Discovered" (1980)
• Finney, C.M. "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" (1984)
• Olsen, P. "Flocks of Colour" (2013)
• Olsen, P. "Feather and Brush: Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art" (2001)
• Younger, R. "Kangaroo Images Through the Ages" (1988)

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please click on one of the thumbnails below.