List of Illustrations
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Four Species of Parrot (Polytelis) 1970
watercolour; 50.5 x 37.7 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4085541
Édouard Traviès (1809–c. 1870)
La Perruche de Pennant, Nelle. Hollande 1860s
handcoloured lithograph; 41.3 x 59.9 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an11135234
Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826)
Hooded Parrot (Psephotus dissimilis)
between 1811 and 1813
colour lithograph; 29 x 38 cm
(London: Alecto Historical Editions in association with Natural History Museum, 1997)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an14061583
Courtesy © Editions Alecto and Natural History Museum London
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Feathers of the Black Cockatoo’s Tail (detail)
between 1788 and 1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3172061
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Bourke’s Parrot (Neophema bourkii) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 49.2 x 33.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086126
Édouard Traviès (1809–c. 1870)
La Perruche de Pennant, Nelle. Hollande 1860s
handcoloured lithograph; 41.3 x 59.9 cm
Pictures Collection,nla.pic-an11135234page viii
James Northfield (1887–1973)
Australian Parrots: Australia 1930s
colour poster;101 x 63.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7900916
Cornelius van Wytfliet (1555–1597)
Chica sive Patagonica et Australis Terra (detail) 1597
2 maps; 21.7 x 28.1 cm
Maps Collection, nla.map-rm114
Pierre Brown
Blue-bellied Parrot 1774
plate VII in Nouvelles Illustrations de Zoologie
by PierreBrown
(London: B. White, 1776)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn217080
Joseph Lycett (c. 1775–1828)
Aborigine Climbing a Tree with Two Aborigines Sitting beside a Fire, Others Spearing Birds c. 1817
watercolour; 27.8 x 17.6 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2962715-s5
George Raper (1769–1796)
King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) c. 1788
watercolour; 45.9 x 30.4 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3579209
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Go-mah (Murry) between 1788 and 1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3149631
John William Lewin (1770–1819)
Galah (Cacatua roseicapilla) 1817
watercolour; 59.6 x 46.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2970531
Jacques Barraband (1767–1809)
La Perruche Banks (detail) between 1801 and 1805
hand-coloured engraving; 33 x 25.7 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an11135259
Gustav Mützel (1839–1893)
In den australischen Steppen
plate 14 in Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen
by Anton Reichenow
(Kassel: Theodor Fischer, 1878–1883)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2517508
F. Appel
R. Abdy et ses kakatoes 1890
colour lithograph; 81 x 61 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an13416619
Neville H. Cayley (1853–1903)
White Cockatoo (detail) 1890s
watercolour; 28 x 21.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6952710
Lilian M. Medland (1880–1955)
Cockatiel, Blossom-feeding and Ground Parrots 1930s
plate in an unpublished book on Australian birds
by Gregory M. Mathews
watercolour; 27.7 x 19.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6940267-1
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Warbling Grass Parrot, Shell Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (detail) 1928
watercolour; 43 x 22 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3829066
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Four Species of Parrot (Polytelis) 1970
watercolour; 50.5 x 37.7 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4085541
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Three Species of Parrot (Psephotus) 1970
watercolour; 54.5 x 40 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086044
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla), Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala) 1928
watercolour; 51 x 35.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3922589
Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992)
Gang-gang Cockatoos
in plate XVI Lorikeets and Cockatoos (detail) 1958
watercolour; 38 x 27.1 cm or smaller
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6940276-6
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Cacatua galerita (Crested Cockatoo)
plate 1 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s7
Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992)
Red-rumped Parrots
in plate XVII Parrots (detail) 1959
watercolour; 38 x 27.1 cm or smaller
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6940276-7
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Psephotus multicolor (Many-coloured Parrakeet) (detail)
plate 35 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s76 page 22
George Edwards (1694–1773)
The Great Black Cockatoo from the East Indies 1761
plate 316 in Gleanings of Natural History: Exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, etc,
vol. 3, by George Edwards
(London: printed for the author at the Royal College of Physicians, 1764)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn1696573
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus goliath) 1970
watercolour; 59.5 x 41.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4084385
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Calyptorhynchus banksii (Banksian Cockatoo)
plate 7 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s19
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) 1929
watercolour; 50 x 63.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3810737
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Glossy Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus lathami, Eastern Australia 1970
watercolour; 50.5 x 37.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4084403
George Raper (1769–1796)
Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) c. 1788
watercolour; 48.8 x 30.4 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3579495
Sarah Stone (1760–1844)
Banksian Cockatoo 1790
watercolour; 23 x 17.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9062280
William T. Cooper (b.1934)
Yellow-tailed Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus funereus funereus, and the White-tailed Cockatoo, Calyptorhyncus funereus bandinii, Eastern Australia, 2 August 1970
watercolour; 60.2 x 47.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4084392
Frederick Polydore Nodder (c. 1751–c. 1800) or Richard Polydore Nodder (1774–1820)
Funereal Cockatoo (detail) 1794
plate 186 in The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, vol. 6, by George Shaw
(London: F.P. Nodder, 1794–1795)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn324780
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) 1929
watercolour; 50.5 x 63.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3810789
Jeff N. Davies (b. 1957)
Carnaby’s and Baudin’s Black-Cockatoos
in The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, vol. 4: Parrots to Dollarbird
(Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1999)
Australian Monograph Collection, nla.cat-vn187579
Courtesy Jeff Davies and BirdLife Australia
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The White-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) 1929
watercolour; 50.7 x 60.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3810775
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Calyptorhynchus baudinii, Baudin’s Cockatoo
in Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots: The Greater Part of Them Species Hitherto Unfigured Containing Forty-two Lithographic Plates Drawn from Life and on Stone
(London: E. Lear, 1832)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn822367
Thomas Davies (artist, c. 1739–1812), Samuel John Neele (engraver, 1758–1824)
Psittacus fimbriatus Fringe Crested Cockatoo
plate opposite p. 135 in The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, Performed in His Majesty’s Vessel the Lady Nelson, by James Grant
(London: T. Egerton, 1803)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2312357
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) 1970
watercolour; 45.7 x 36 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4084413
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Cacatua leadbeateri (Leadbeater’s Cockatoo) (detail)
plate 2 in The Birds of Australia: in Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s9
Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855)
Cockatoo from the Interior of Australia 1838
watercolour; 38 x 30.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an5402061
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Pink Cockatoo, or, Wejugla, Major Mitchell, Lead Beater’s C. (Kakotoe leadbeateri) (detail) 1928
watercolour; 50.8 x 50.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3810826
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Galah (Rose-breasted Cockatoo)
(Kakatoe roseicapilla) 1928
watercolour; 63.5 x 47.8 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3916479
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus roseicapillus) 1970
watercolour; 50.2 x 37.8 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4084423
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Licmetis nasicus (Long-billed Cockatoo)
plate 5 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s15
Gracius J. Broinowski (1837–1913)
Licmetis nasicus, Long-billed Cockatoo 1887
plate 21 in The Cockatoos and Nestors of Australia and New Zealand, by Gracius J. Broinowski
(Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f7457a-2x
Frederick William Frohawk (1861–1946)
Licmetis derbyi, Licmetis pastinator (Long-billed Corella)
plate 62 in A Supplement to The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
by Gregory M. Mathews
(London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1936)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn1669687
Roland Green (1890–1972)
Ducorpsius gymnopis (Bare-eyed Cockatoo) (detail)
plate 198 in The Birds of Australia, vol. 6,
by Gregory M. Mathews
(London: Witherby, 1916–1917)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2282577
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea 1929
watercolour; 63.5 x 46 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3813680
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Cacatua sanguinea (Blood-stained Cockatoo) (detail)
plate 3 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection,nla.aus-f4773-5-s11
Édouard Traviès (1809–c. 1870)
Kakatoёs à Crête (Psittacus galeritus), Nouvelle Hollande 1860s
hand-coloured lithograph, 59.6 x 41.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an11133119
Unknown artist
Sulphur Crested or White Cockatoo c. 1795
watercolour; 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an5487493
Sarah Stone (1760–1844)
Crested Cockatoo (detail) 1790
watercolour; 23 x 17.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9063557
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Cockatiel, Leptolophus hollandicus (detail) 1930
watercolour; 50.5 x 37.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3810717
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) 1970
watercolour; 45.5 x 35.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4084503
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Palaeornis novae-hollandiae, New Holland Parrakeet, in the Possession of the Right Hon. the Countess of Mountcharles 1830s
hand-coloured lithograph; 52.7 x 36.6 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an11135255
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Trichoglossus rubritorquis (Red-collared Lorikeet)
plate 49 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection
nla.aus-f4773-5-s106
Unknown artist
Rainbow Lorikeet c. 1795
watercolour; 16.5 x 16.6 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an5487505
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Gorail between 1788 and 1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3149887
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus (Scaly-breasted Lorikeet) (detail)
plate 50 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection,nla.aus-f4773-5-s108
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Trichoglossus matoni, Maton’s Parrakeet between 1830 and 1832
in Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots: The Greater Part of Them Species Hitherto Unfigured Containing Forty-two Lithographic Plates Drawn from Life and on Stone
(London: E. Lear, 1832)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn822367
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Trichoglossus versicolor (Varied Lorikeet)
plate 51 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s110
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Trichoglossus versicolor, Variegated Parrakeet
in Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots: The Greater Part of Them Species Hitherto Unfigured Containing Forty-two Lithographic Plates Drawn from Life and on Stone
(London: E. Lear, 1832)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn822367
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Gorail between 1788 and 1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3171927
page 81
Unknown artist
Musk Lorikeet c.1795
watercolour; 15.8 x 16.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an5487507
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Trichoglossus concinnus (Musky Lorikeet)
plate 52 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s112
Frederick Polydore Nodder (c. 1751–c. 1800)
Crimson-fronted Parrakeet, Psittacus concinnus 1791
plate 87 in The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, vol. 3, by George Shaw
(London: F.P. Nodder, 1791–1792)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn324780
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Gorail (detail) between 1788 and 1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3149841
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Trichoglossus pusillus (Little Lorikeet)
plate 54 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s116
Sarah Stone (1760–1844)
The Small Paroquet 1789
plate 48 in Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales
by John White
(London: J. Debrett, 1790)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f97-49x
John Gould (1804–1881) and Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus (Porphyry-crowned Lorikeet)
plate 53 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s114
Jacques Christophe Werner (artist, 1798–1856), Bénard et Frey (lithography firm)
La Psittacule de Florent, Nouv. Hollande (detail)
plate 84 in Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, vol. 3,
by A. Bourjot Saint-Hilaire
(Paris: F.G. Levrault, 1837–1838)
hand-coloured lithograph; 35.5 x 27.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an11137185
Herbert Goodchild (b. 1873, died between 1917 and 1924)
Opopsita leadbeateri (Blue-faced Lorilet), Opopsita coxeni (Red-faced Lorilet)
plate 280 in The Birds of Australia, vol. 6, by
Gregory M. Mathews
(London: Witherby, 1916–1917)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2282577
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Cyclopsitta coxeni (Coxen’s Parrakeet)
plate 65 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, supplement, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1869)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-8-s145
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Red-sided Eclectus Parrot, Eclectus roratus polychloros 1971
watercolour; 50.7 x 38 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4085459
Neville W. Cayley (1886–1950)
Red-sided Parrot (Lorius roratus) 1930s
watercolour; 76.2 x 54.1 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6952721
Roland Green (1890–1972)
Geoffroyus maclennani (Red-cheeked Parrot) 1917
plate 294 in The Birds of Australia, vol. 6,
by Gregory Mathews
(London: Witherby, 1916–1917)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2282577
Neville W. Cayley (1886–1950)
Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi) 1930s
watercolour; 55.2 x 38 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6952740
William T. Cooper (b.1934)
Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis scapularis) 1970
watercolour; 50 x 35.8 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4085515
Sarah Stone (1760–1844)
Tabuan Parrot 1790
watercolour; 23 x 17.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9063504
Édouard Traviès (1809–c. 1870)
La Perruche à Scapilaire (Psittacus scapularis) (detail) 1810s
hand-coloured lithograph; 41.3 x 59.8 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.cat-vn382619
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Aprosmictus erythropterus (Red-winged Lory)
plate 18 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s41
John William Lewin (1770–1819)
Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) 1819
watercolour; 56 x 39.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2970482
Richard Polydore Nodder (1774–1820)
Black-backed Parrakeet (Red-winged Parrot), Psittacus melanotus (detail) 1804
plate 653 in The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, vol. 16, by George Shaw
(London: F.P. Nodder, 1804–1805)
Australian Rare Books Collection
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Polytelis barrabandii (Barraband’s Parrakeet)
plate 15 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s35
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Superb Parrot (Green Leek), Polytelis swainsoni (detail) 1929
watercolour; 56 x 32.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3829005
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Palaeornis melanura, Black-tailed Parrakeet 1831
in Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots: The Greater Part of Them Species Hitherto Unfigured Containing Forty-two Lithographic Plates Drawn from Life and on Stone
(London: E. Lear, 1832)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn822367
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Polytelis melanura (Black-tailed Parrakeet)
plate 16 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s37
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Palaeornis anthopeplus, Blossom-feathered Parrakeet 1831
in Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots: The Greater Part of Them Species Hitherto Unfigured Containing Forty-two Lithographic Plates Drawn from Life and on Stone
(London: E. Lear, 1832)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn822367
Neville W. Cayley (1886–1950)
Princess Parrakeet (Northipsitta alexandrae) 1930s
watercolour; 55 x 37.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7021889
Roland Green (1890–1972)
Northipsitta alexandrae (Alexandrine Parrot)
plate 297 in The Birds of Australia, vol. 6,
by Gregory Mathews
(London: Witherby, 1916–1917)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2282577
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Polytelis alexandrae (The Princess of Wales’s Parrakeet) (detail)
plate 62 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, supplement, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1869)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-8-s139
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) (detail) 1969
watercolour; 55.5 x 37.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4085564
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Platycercus flaviventris (Yellow-bellied Parrakeet) (detail)
plate 24 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s53
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Platycercus pennantii (Pennant’s Parrakeet)
plate 23 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s51
Sarah Stone (1760–1844)
Pennantian Parrot (detail) 1790
watercolour; 23 x 17.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9063563
John Gould (1804–1881) and Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Platycercus adelaidiae (Adelaide Parrakeet)
plate 22 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s49
John Gould (1804–1881) and Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Platycercus flaveolus (Yellow-rumped Parrakeet)
plate 25 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s55
Frederick Polydore Nodder (c. 1751–c. 1800)
Nonpariel Parrot (detail) 1792
plate 93 in The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, vol. 3, by George Shaw
(London: F.P. Nodder, 1791–1792)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn324780
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Platycercus eximius (Rose-bill Parrakeet)
plate 27 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s59
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Gorail between 1788 and 1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3149498
Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826)
Platycercus adscitus palliceps (detail)
between 1811 and 1813
colour lithograph; 25 x 38 cm
(London: Alecto Historical Editions in association with Natural History Museum, 1997)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an14061596
Courtesy © Editions Alecto and Natural History Museum London
John Gould (1804–1881) and Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Platycercus palliceps (Pale-headed Parrakeet)
plate 26 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s57
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus) (detail) 1928
watercolour; 51 x 36 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3827771
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Platycercus brownii, Brown’s Parrakeet
plate 20 in Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots: The Greater Part of Them Species Hitherto Unfigured Containing Forty-two Lithographic Plates Drawn from Life and on Stone
(London: E. Lear, 1832)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn822367
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Northern Rosella (Platycercus venustus) (detail) 1969
watercolour; 55.5 x 37.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4085564
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Western Rosella (Platycercus icterotis icterotis) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 50.5 x 38 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086012
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Western Rosella (Platycercus icterotis) 1928
watercolour; 51 x 33.7 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3827778
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Cloncurry Parrot (Barnardius barnardi macgillivrayi), Mallee Ringneck Parrot (Barnardius barnardi barnardi), Port Lincoln Parrot (Barnardius zonarius zonarius) 1970
watercolour; 46.2 x 36 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4085557
Richard Polydore Nodder (1774–1820)
Zoned Parrot (Psittacus zonarius) (detail) 1805
plate 657 in The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, vol. 16, by George Shaw
(London: F.P. Nodder, 1804–1805)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn324780
John William Lewin (1770–1819)
Mallee Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius barnardi) 1819
watercolour; 56 x 39.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2970413
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Platycercus pileatus (Red-capped Parrakeet)
plate 32 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s70
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Red-capped (or West Aus. ‘King’) Parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius) 1938
watercolour; 57 x 43.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3827640
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Red-capped Parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 37 x 28.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4085549
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Blue-bonnet (Psephotus haematogaster haematogaster, Naretha Blue-bonnet (Psephotus haematogaster narethae) 1970
watercolour; 51 x 38 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086036
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Psephotus haematogaster (Crimson-bellied Parrakeet)
plate 33 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s72
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Blue Bonnet (Psephotus haematogaster) (detail) 1928
watercolour; 49.5 x 33 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3779960
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) 1971
watercolour; 45.5 x 35.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086155
George Raper (1769–1796)
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) (detail) 1788
watercolour; 47.3 x 28.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3579191
Sarah Stone (1760–1844)
Red-shouldered Parroquet 1790
watercolour; 23 x 17.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9063573
Ebenezer Edward Gostelow (1866–1944)
The Red-backed Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) (detail) 1928
watercolour; 50.7 x 32.1 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3827625
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Psephotus haematonotus (Red-backed Parrakeet)
plate 36 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection,nla.aus-f4773-5-s78
Herbert Goodchild (b. 1873, died between 1917 and 1924)
Psephotus varius (Many-coloured Parrot)
plate 311 in The Birds of Australia, vol. 6,
by Gregory M. Mathews
(London: Witherby, 1916–1917)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2282577
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Psephotus multicolor (Many-coloured Parrakeet) (detail)
plate 35 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s76
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Psephotus chrysopterygius (Golden-backed Parrakeet)
plate 129 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes,
supplement, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1869)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-8-s143
Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826)
Hooded Parrot (Psephotus dissimilis)
between 1811 and 1813
colour lithograph; 29 x 38 cm
(London: Alecto Historical Editions in association with Natural History Museum, 1997)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an14061583
Courtesy © Editions Alecto and Natural History Museum London
Ebenezer Gostelow
The Hooded Parrot (Psephotus dissimilis) (detail) 1936
watercolour; 49 x 31.8 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3827537
Roland Green (1890–1972)
Psephotellus dissimilis (Black-hooded Parrot) 1917
plate 314 in The Birds of Australia, vol. 6,
by Gregory Mathews
(London: Witherby, 1916–1917)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2282577
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Psephotus pulcherrimus (Beautiful Parrakeet) (detail)
plate 34 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection,nla.aus-f4773-5-s74
Neville William Cayley (1886–1950)
Paradise Parrakeet (Psephotellus pulcherrimus) (detail) 1930s
watercolour; 55.2 x 37.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7021899
Henrik Grönvold (1858–1940)
Cyanorhamphos verticalis (Norfolk Island Green-Parrot)
opposite page 26 in The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant: With Additions to ‘The Birds of Australia’
by Gregory M. Mathews
(London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1928)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn969838
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Red-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) (detail) 1971
watercolour; 50.5 x 38 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086055
Neville William Cayley (1886–1950)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) 1930s
watercolour; 54 x 36.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7021891
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 36.7 x 27.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086167
George Shaw (artist, 1751–1813), Richard Polydore Nodder (engraver, 1774–1820)
Undulated Parrakeet (Psittacus undulatus) (detail) 1805
plate 673 in The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, vol. 16, by George Shaw
(London: F.P. Nodder, 1804–1805)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn324780
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Bourke’s Parrot (Neophema bourkii) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 49.2 x 33.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086126
John Gould (1804–1881) and Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Euphema bourkii (Bourke’s Grass-Parrakeet)
plate 43 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s92
John Gould (1804–1881) and Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Euphema chrysostoma (Blue-banded Grass-Parrakeet)
plate 37 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s80
François Huard (artist, 1793–1857), Christian Müller (engraver, 1766–1824)
Psittacus chrysostomus (detail)
plate 1 in Conspectus psittacorum, cum specierum definitionibus by Heinrich Kuhl
(Bonn, Germany, 1820)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn832113
John Gould (1804–1881) and Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Euphema elegans (Elegant Grass-Parrakeet)
plate 38 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s82
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 45.5 x 35 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086135
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Euphema petrophila (Rock Grass-Parrakeet)
plate 40 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s86
John Gould (1804–1881), Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Euphema aurantia (Orange-bellied Grass-Parrakeet)
plate 39 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s84
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 45.5 x 35 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086135
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Gorail (detail) between 1788 and 1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3149841
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 48.5 x 38 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086144
Frederick Polydore Nodder (c. 1751–c. 1800)
Turcosine Parrakeet, Psittacus pulchellus 1792
plate 96 in The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, vol. 3, by George Shaw
(London: F.P. Nodder, 1791–1792)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn324780
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Scarlet-chested Parrot (Neophema splendida) (detail) 1970
watercolour; 48.5 x 38 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086144
John Gould (1804–1881)
Euphema splendida 1846
pencil and crayon; 53 x 37.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9994496
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Euphema splendida (Splendid Grass Parrakeet)
plate 42 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s90
James Sowerby (1757–1822)
Psittacus terrestris
plate 3 in Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw
(London: J. Sowerby, 1794)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2286746
Jean Baptiste Audebert (artist, 1759–1800),
Jacques Louis Perée (active 1769–1803)
Perruche à Taches Noires du Cap de Diemen 1800
engraving; 30.8 x 44.5 cm
plate 10 in atlas of Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de
La Pérouse (Paris: Chez H.J. Jansen, 1800)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an20973825
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Wang-a-wang between 1788 and 1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3148974
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus wallicus) (detail) 1971
watercolour; 45.5 x 36 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086194
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Pezoporus formosus (Ground Parrakeet)
plate 46 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s99
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Geopsittacus occidentalis (Nocturnal Ground-Parrakeet)
plate 133 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, supplement, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1869)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-8-s147
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Night Parrot (Geopsittacus occidentalis) (detail) 1971
watercolour; 45.5 x 36 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4086194
Roland Green (1890–1972)
Geopsittacus occidentalis (Night-Parrot) (detail)
plate 324 in The Birds of Australia, vol. 6,
by Gregory Mathews
(London: Witherby, 1916–1917)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2282577
John Gould (1804–1881) and Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841)
Nestor productus (Philip Island Parrot)
plate 6 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s17
William T. Cooper (b. 1934)
Kaka (Nestor meridionalis), Norfolk Island Kaka (Nestor productus) 1971
watercolour; 45.5 x 36 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4084774
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Parrot of Norfolk Island 1790
watercolour; 22.3 x 18.3 cm
in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3186696
John Gould (artist, 1804–1881), Henry Constantine Richter (lithographer, 1821–1902)
Calyptorhynchus banksii (Banksian Cockatoo)
plate 7 in The Birds of Australia: In Seven Volumes, vol. 5, by John Gould
(London: The author, 1848)
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-f4773-5-s19