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Happy Birthday Edward Lear
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/happy-birthday-edward-lear/On 12 May, we celebrate Edward Lear's 200th birthday. Best known for 'The Owl and The Pussycat' he was also a natural history artist.
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Prevention of Plague: Instructions to Householders, issued by the NSW Department of Public Health, 1900
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/research-library/prevention-of-plague/Read a historic pamphlet issued during the 1900 bubonic plague outbreak in Sydney
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The early art of Elizabeth Gould
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/elizabeth-gould-1804-1841/elizabeth-gould-early-art/Learn more about Elizabeth Gould's beginnings as an artist.
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John Gould's documents of extinction
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/goulds-documents-of-extinction/John Gould wrote many warnings about the potential extinction of Australian species. Ironically his collectors were killing thousands of birds and mammals all over the world to send to him for identification and illustration.
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On unicorns...
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/unicorns/This beautifully preserved book is a scientific examination into unicorns and other horned beasts dating from 1645.
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John Gould
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/With the obsession of a collector and an eye for artistic talent, John Gould succeeded in creating one of the most recognisable and long-lasting brand names in natural history.
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Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841)
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/elizabeth-gould-1804-1841/Read about Elizabeth Gould, the great artist behind John Gould's early illustrations.
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Elizabeth Gould in Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/elizabeth-gould-1804-1841/elizabeth-in-australia/Learn about Elizabeth Gould's time in Australia.
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Elizabeth Gould: working wife, Victorian mother
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/elizabeth-gould-1804-1841/working-wife-and-mother/Throughout her married life, Elizabeth Gould was torn between supporting her husband’s burgeoning career and raising the children they had created together.
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History of the Library
https://australian.museum/about/history/history-of-the-library/The Australian Museum Research Library collections form a major natural history resource in Australia.
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