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Illustration of an emu from 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales'
Edward Dayes, Thomas Watling1708-1802
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
The image on this page, found in volume 2 of 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales: with remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that country. To which are added, some particulars of New Zealand' is one of the earliest printed images of an emu.
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 an emu from 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales'
- Creator: David Collins, Edward Dayes, Thomas Watling
- 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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