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NLA News March 2005
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H.C. Richter
Onychoprion panaya (Panayan Tern) [1848?]
watercolour; 38.7 x 55 cm
Plate 33, vol. VII of The Birds of Australia, by John Gould (London: Published by the author in 36 parts, 1840–1848)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9991357

 
 

March 2005 Volume XV Number 6

MR GILBERT’s BEAUTIFUL PARRAKEET

 

The story of the paradise parrot is one of extinction and the allure of a lost species, as former Harold White Fellowship holder Penny Olsen reveals

KENNETH BINNS LIBRARIAN ON THE MOVE
  Susan Marsden profiles Kenneth Binns, a man dedicated to the cultural life of Australia
PUTTING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ONLINE
 

Margaret Dent describes the capabilities of ECCO, the new online resource now available to scholars of the eighteenth century

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY VISITS AUSTRALIA

 

Mae Adams recounts some of her experiences with travelling National Library exhibitions around Australia

BEAGLE FRIENDS WERE SHIPMATES FOR LIFE

Judy Cannon introduces Charles Darwin’s fellow Beagle shipmates and their stories before and after that thought-changing voyage

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