scarlet robin (Petroica boodang) 237, 286
sea-grass 112, 113
saltbush (bluebush) 209–210, 299
salvia 3, 381, 390
sawfly caterpillar (Perga) 139, 140, 164, 338
sheoak (Allocasuarina) 173, 337, 379
silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) 378
silvertail (Trichinium now Ptilotus) 289
snake 220, 226, 270, 281, 312
soursobs 356
sparrow 322, 354
starling 354
strawberry 35
Stylidium (trigger plant) 265; S. crassifolium (boomerang trigger plant) 212
sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) 281
sweet briar 35, 264
sweet pea 228
sweet-william 35
tea-tree (Melaleuca) 52, 265, 365; M. pubescens now lanceolata (black tea-tree) 58, 385, 401n
Thelymitra spp. (sun orchid) 146
Thismia rodwayi (now Sacrosiphon rodwayi) 221
thistle 356
thornbill (Acanthiza) 386
turtle 4, 260, 312
verbena 15
violet 35, 120
wallaby 281, 285
wallflower 3
water scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) 146, 164
watsonia 356, 391
wattle scale 136
willow 37–39, 354, 355
willie wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) 293, 379
witchetty grub 291
yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) 119, 322
yellow-tailed tit or yellow rumped thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) 237, 386
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Page x, 195 – by Blanche Ames, originally published in Oakes Ames, 1937, Pollination of orchids through pseudocopulation, Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University, 5, p18, reprinted with permission of the editors of Harvard Papers in Botany.
Page 17 – illustration from Edith Coleman, 1947, ‘Herbs in the treatment of some obscure diseases; epilepsy’, Australasian Journal of Pharmacy 28, p1275, reprinted with permission of the editor.
Page 23 – based on map detail, Ordnance Office, 1896, 285 Aldershot. Available from OrdinanceSurvey.co.uk.
Pages 24, 33, 84, 94, 121, 131, 134, 215, 287 – courtesy of Peter John Harms.
Page 54 – Cassell’s picturesque Australia vol. 3, edited by E. E. Morris, Melbourne, Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1888, opp. p. 222, State Library of Queensland.
Page 55 – courtesy of Mr. C. T. Vary, Accession no: H24753, Charles Cheney Simpson album, State Library Victoria.
Pages 61, 89, 143, 169, 207, 267, 301, 363 – by Gladys Thomson, courtesy of John Thomson.
Page 67 – courtesy of Ms Louis Comeadon, Accession no: H84.258/1, State Library Victoria.
Pages 77, 80 – Accession no: H84.258/1 and Accession no: H2007.78/90, courtesy of J. W. Anderson, State Library Victoria.
Pages 93, 98, 129, 173, 174, 279, 280, 344, 376 – courtesy of Peter Thomson.
Page 103 – MN 1740, Rica Erickson papers, ACC5448A, State Library of Western Australia.
Page 109 – Frankcom’s Paddock, Blackburn [cartographic material], State Library Victoria.
Page 123 – road map. No. 1, Central Victoria [cartographic material]; compiled by W. Murray Pullar, State Library Victoria.
Pages 148, 186, 310 – courtesy of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.
Page 154 – from the archives of John Thomson.
Pages 162, 229 – ACC 8588A, box 4, folder 4.2, State Library of Western Australia.
Page 164 – from Edith Coleman, 1938, ‘The huntsman spider (Isopeda immanis): Courtship, egg-laying and emergence of spiderlings’, The Australian Zoologist, 9, pp180–190, reproduced with permission of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.
Page 179 – type specimen for the graceful leek orchid, Prasophyllum pyriforme, from Edith Coleman’s personal herbarium. Courtesy of Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, National Herbarium of New South Wales.
Page 189 – photograph of purplebeard orchids Calochilus robert-sonii, 1923, from the collection of R. S. Rogers, State Herbarium of South Australia.
Page 211 – courtesy of Andrew Wood.
Page 239 – courtesy of Mrs E. M. Derrick, Accession no: H84.427/1/49, State Library Victoria.
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Page 259 – courtesy of Mr. John O’Rorke, Accession no: H99.224/92, State Library Victoria.
Page 282 – courtesy of the Herald and Weekly Times Limited portrait collection, Accession no: H38849/4515, State Library Victoria.
Page 286 – courtesy of the Hermannsburg Collection, Accession no: B 15397, State Library of South Australia.
Page 319 – specimen page for Parson’s bands (Ericochilus cucullatus) from H. M. R. Rupp’s collection. Courtesy of Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, National Herbarium of New South Wales.
Page 328 – ACC 5903A, State Library of Western Australia.
Page 346 – by Marjorie R. Pratt from William E. Agar, 1939, ‘A gynandromorphy grasshopper’, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A, 109, p139–140, with permission of the Zoological Society of London.
Page 355 – courtesy of Mr Edmond Marshall, Robert O’Brien Collection, Accession no: H84.461/351, State Library Victoria.
Page 358 – from Edith Coleman, 1943, Come Back in Wattle Time: An Illustrated Handbook on the Australian Wattles, 2nd ed. (Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens) p10.
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