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Illustration of a mountain eagle, from 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales'
Thomas Watling, Edward Dayes1708-1802
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
This illustration, labelled "Mountain eagle of New South Wales. Will kill a large sized kangaroo" is one of the earliest printed images of a Wedge-tailed eagle (aquila audax). It is from from volume 2 of 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales'.
The printed image in this book is said to have been engraved by London artist Edward Dayes based on the drawing of convict Thomas Watling.
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- Title: Illustration of a mountain eagle, from 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales'
- Creator: David Collins, Thomas Watling, Edward Dayes
- Date Created: 1708-1802
- Original Language: English
- Provenance: University of Sydney copy donated by Minard F. Crommelin
- Subject Keywords: Matthew Flinders, George Bass, New South Wales
- Publisher: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies
- Original Source: University of Sydney Library, Ferguson 350
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