Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Print - A2 BEST giving us our distinctive facial

giving us our distinctive facial features

This work was created by the artist for inclusion in Horridus: Journey of a Triceratops (Museums Victoria Publishing

ISBN: 9780241386736

For older children

Author: Margaret Tucker

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Print - A2 BEST giving us our distinctive facialCacatua leadbeateri from The Birds of Australia Volume 5 by John Gould (1840 1848). From the Collection of Museums Victoria. Original illustration is a hand coloured lithograph by Henry Constantine Richter. The Birds of Australia is one of the most famous publications on Australian birds, written by English ornithologist John Gould. He and his wife Elizabeth visited Australia 1838 1840 to conduct field research. Elizabeth made many preparatory