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An Eye for Nature: The Life and Art of William T. Cooper by Penny Olsen; David Attenborough (Foreword by)
49.99 AUD
Category: ART & CRAFTS
In the work of artist William T.Cooper, platypuses swim in green underwater worlds, waves throw up blankets of spray, embers glow in the aftermath of a bushfire, a Thylacine emerges from the shadows, sniffing the air. But it is his paintings of birds which set Cooper apart-his raucous cockatoos, colourf ...Show more
Collecting Ladies: Women Botanical Illustrators and Ferdinand Von Mueller by Penny Olsen
39.99 AUD
Category: ART & CRAFTS
Around 1870, Ferdinand von Mueller, the greatest Australian botanist of the nineteenth century, began to advertise in several newspapers across Australia for 'lady' plant collectors. This was at a time when women typically had little recourse to science, or contact with men outside their circle of frien ...Show more
Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History by Penny Olsen
49.99 AUD
Category: PETS & ANIMALS
The Budgerigar is arguably Australia’s best-known bird. At the same time, it is so ubiquitous that not everyone knows that it is Australian. Nor do many realise that the multicoloured bird that comes to mind — not to mention today’s super-sized, extravagantly coiffed show budgie — is as different from t ...Show more
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