Cassowaries Gallery

Wildlife of New Guinea, chromolithograph, published in 1895

Wildlife of New Guinea: 1) Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae); 2) Bennett's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus); 3) Palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus); 4) Western crowned pigeon (Goura cristata); 5) Northern cassowary - chick (Casuarius unappendiculatus); 6) Common paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea); 7) Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus); 8) Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, (Paradisaea raggiana); 9) Blue bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi); 10) King bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius, male); 11) Black Sicklebill (Epimachus speciosus); 12) Western parotia (Parotia sefilata). Chromolithograph, published in 1895

Australian wildlife, lithograph, published in 1897

Australian wildlife: 1) Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus); 2) Tree-kangaroo; 3) Tasmanian tiger, or Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus, extinct); 4) Duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); 5) Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus); 6) Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus); 7) New Zealand kaka (Nestor meridionalis); 8) Kakapo (Strigops habroptila); 9) Lesser bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor); 10) Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae); 11) Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius); 12) North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli); 13) Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae); 14) Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami); 15) Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus); 16) Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri); 17) Yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea). Lithograph after a drawing by Gustav MAOEtzel (German painter, 1839 - 1893), published in 1897

Visitor on the Perry Sand Hills formed after an ice age 40 thousand years ago

Visitor on the Perry Sand Hills formed after an ice age 40 thousand years ago and now forming a landscape spread over 333 ha that is continually changed by the wind. It has featured in numbers of films, TV shows and advertisements. The Wentworth Pioneer Museum has on display the remains of megafauna found here: kangaroos, lions, emus and wombats. Near Wentworth, far southwest New South Wales, Australia