Location Notes: above the Phillips River just east of the bridge, Ongerup-Ravensthorpe Highway., Collector: Carlquist, S., Collector: Sherwin Carlquist
Location Notes: Gibraltar Range, 39.5 miles (64 km) NSW by road East North East of Glen Innes on the Gwydir Highway., Collector: McGillivray, D., Collector: D.J. McGillivray, L.A.S. Johnson
Location Notes: Gibraltar Range, 39.5 miles (64 km) NSW by road East North East of Glen Innes on the Gwydir Highway., Collector: McGillivray, D., Collector: D.J. McGillivray, L.A.S. Johnson
Location Notes: Gibraltar Range, 39.5 miles (64 km) NSW by road East North East of Glen Innes on the Gwydir Highway., Collector: McGillivray, D., Collector: D.J. McGillivray, L.A.S. Johnson
Location Notes: above the Phillips River just east of the bridge, Ongerup-Ravensthorpe Highway., Collector: Carlquist, S., Collector: Sherwin Carlquist
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Australia has also some immense birds which resemble the ostrich, although they are not quite so large. The cassowary is to be found in Queensland, and the emu is common there and in other parts of Australia. The emu is not so tall as the ostrich. Its legs are shorter and its body thicker and clumsier. Its feathers are much like coarse hair. Its color is dark brown, spotted with gray, and its wings are so short that they are almost invisible when held close to the body. Emus can be quite dangerous. They have strong bills and they bite. They kick somewhat like a cow and hit so hard that one blow of the foot is enough to kill dog or man. The best time for hunting emu is in the morning when the bird comes out to feed on the grass. It is chased on horseback with dogs which are trained to catch it by the neck in such a way that they cannot be easily kicked. The squatters are anxious to destroy the emus to save the grass for the sheep, and for this reason they not only shoot them but also hunt their nests and break the eggs. In one country of New South Wales ten thousand emus were killed in nine months and at one sheep station fifteen hundred eggs were found and destroyed. Emu eggs are enormous in comparison with a hen's egg, but are much smaller than the eggs of an ostrich. The shells are sometimes mounted in silver and used as milk jugs or sugar bowls." Photograph was hand colored.
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This is a representation of the giant bird, now extinct, which was a native of Australia. Carpenter's description of the Moa in the museum as Christchurch is as follows: 'If I were to stand under the bird its tail feathers would tickle the top of my head. Its ankle is as big around as my calf and its gray body is the size of small haystack. Its tall thin neck is stretched so high above its breast that Barnum's circus managers would have had a hard time getting the animal into a freight car. its legs are as strong as those of a camel and it looks quite as big as the biggest 'ship of the desert'. Its enormous feet have claws like those of a turkey, save that each is a foot long. I doubt not that the Moa could have stamped out the life of a man at one kick."
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Cormorants are birds between two and three feet in length, with an elongated, powerful body, short stout legs and a rather long neck. The plumage is very compact and usually dark-colored and glossy with greenish or bluish green reflections. the head is often crested and during the nesting season the head and neck are often ornamented with more or less conspicuous plumes of slender hair-like feathers which disappear after the breeding season is over. Cormorants are sociable birds, often congregating in flocks of immense size. Some of the others make their home in inland swamps and marshes. they feed exclusively on fishes, which they are extremely dexterous in capturing."
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "These are flightless birds, of moderate size. The wings are reduced in size and modified by the flattening and consolidation of the bones until the product is a perfect swimming paddle, for which purpose they are exclusively used. These birds are expert swimmers and divers, but unlike most other aquatic birds, they make no use of the feet in swimming beyond employing them as a rudder. They are, perhaps, most abundant in species in the vicinity of the Falkland Islands, but they are common about New Zealand and the west shore of Australia."