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HERITAGE
Type Specimens collected by Ferdinand Bauer; a) Grey-headed Guava bird, Turdus poliocephalus policephalus (extinct endemic) b) Long Tailed Triller, Lalage leucopyga leucopyga (extinct endemic) c) Grey warbler, Gerygone igata modesta (endemic)
Nestor productus, the Norfolk Island Kaka. In the background the first page of the 1836 Volume of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society.
Nestor productus, the Norfolk Island Kaka. In the background Gould's description of the parrot as it appeared in the 1836 Volume of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society
Melky weed, Exoecaria agollocha, and Ida McComish's diary page of same, appropriated into the back ground.
Sacred Kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus norfolkensis, with a consignment list of birds killed by Roy Bell and sent to the controversial ornithlogist, Mathews, for analysis. on the RHS of the imagined "book" is the introduction to his journal (aka final report) while the list on the LHS details his various kills.
Collector's note and nest of the White-chested White-eye, Zosterops albogularis (extinct)
Grey-Headed Guava Bird, Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus (extinct)
Sharkwood, Dysoxylum bijugum, seeds with Ferdinand Bauer's sketch appropriated into the background
Egg collection, Norfolk Island Starling, Aplonis fusca (extinct)
Norfolk Island Pigeon, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea (extinct)
White-chested White-eye, Zosterops albogularis (extinct) lying on a first day cover
Norfolk Island Kaka, Nestor Productus (extinct) with a "Lost Birds" first day cover
Bauer's taxidermied Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa
Grey-Headed Guava Bird, Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus (extinct) with an apropriation of James Stuart's watercolour illustration of the species
Crimson Speckled Footman, Utetheisa pulchelloides vega
A female Norfolk Island Robin, Petroica multicolor multicolor, with Ferdinand Bauer's sketch appropriated into the background
Kurrajong, Wikstroemia australis, endemic to Norfolk Island, with a list of plant specimens collected by Ferdinand Bauer and send back to Europe for scientific analysis by Endlicher.
Dome Web Spider, Cyrtophora moluccensis, with Ferdinand Bauer's sketches appropriated into the background
Orb spider, Argiope caledonia,with Ferdinand Bauer's sketch appropriated into the background
Red-horned Spider, Gasteracantha westringi, with Ferdinand Bauer's sketches appropriated into the background
Araucaria hetrophylla, the Norfolk Island Pine. In the background, an appropriation of the first scientific description of the species
Abutilon julianae, Endemic to Phillip Island, resting on Estner's book of colour charts