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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: Natural History and Environment
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
Artful Lives: The Cohen Sisters by Penny Olsen
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
From Melbourne to the Islands - The Artful Lives of the Cohen Sisters 'Romance is in all of us. We long to fashion romantic careers for ourselves. We yearn to read those of others, whether they be of love, life, wealth' -so wrote artist-journalist Valerie Frankel Cohen in 1936. The Cohen sisters lived ...Show more
Australian Predators of the Sky by Penny Olsen; Sean Dooley (Foreword by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Our relationship with the birds of prey has always been conflicted. Raptors are admired for their strength and independence, but despised for their depredations on livestock and favourite garden birds, while the owls are at once respected for their wisdom and watchfulness and feared for their mournful c ...Show more
Australia's First Naturalists: The Importance of Indigenous People to Early Zoological Collectors (PB) by Penny Olsen; Lynette Russell
$44.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Indigenous Peoples' Contribution to Early Zoology
Would Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson have ever crossed the Blue Mountains without the help of the local Aboriginal people? The invaluable role of local guides in this event is rarely recognised. As silent partners, Aboriginal Australians gave Europeans their first views of iconic animals, such as the Ko ...Show more
Collecting Ladies: Women Botanical Illustrators and Ferdinand Von Mueller by Penny Olsen
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
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
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art by Penny Olsen
$69.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Feather and Brush traces the history of bird art in Australia — from the simple engravings illustrating accounts of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available today. It explores the early European approach, in which naval draughtsmen, officers, convicts, settlers, n ...Show more
Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History by Penny Olsen
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
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
Flocks of Colour by Penny Olsen
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
What name could be a more apt description of Australia than The Land of Parrots, a name inspired by late sixteenth-century maps showing a southern region labelled Psittacorum regio? This beautiful book takes a close look at parrots in Australia, from the first published illustration of an Australian par ...Show more
Glimpses of Paradise: The Quest for the Beautiful Parrakeet by Penny Olsen
$34.95 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Follows the story of the Paradise Parrot, beginning in 1844, when John Gilbert spotted it on the Condamine River in Queensland. Gilbert wrote to his employer John Gould, in London, describing his find. Gould named it the Beautiful Parrakeet. This book takes us on a journey of discovery since Gilbert's f ...Show more
Louisa Atkinson's Nature Notes by ATKINSON, LOUISA
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Nineteenth-century writer and journalist Louisa Atkinson was a remarkable woman. She was the author, at the age of 23, of the first novel penned by a native-born woman to be published in Australia. She was also a keen naturalist, whose close observations and detailed knowledge of the natural world found ...Show more
Night Parrot - Australia's Most Elusive Bird by Penny Olsen
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
For well over a century, the Night Parrot lured its seekers into Australia's vast, arid outback. From the beginning it was a mystery bird. Fewer than 30 specimens were collected before it all but disappeared, offering only fleeting glimpses and the occasional mummified body as proof of its continued exi ...Show more
Our Nest is Best! by Penny Olsen & Penny O'Hara
$12.95 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
Rocky and Ruby Robin have decided to build a nest. Before they start, they visit all their friends to see what sort of nest would be best. Each nest is different, but the robins dont feel that any of them is quite right for them. Find out which nest is best with this delightfully illustrated story. Pen ...Show more