'Wha-Tapoua Roo' [Common brushtail possum] mb-artist George_Adolphus_Storey Jean Marsh as Morgaine

Jean Marsh as Morgaine

View of Trinity House from Trinity Square

Centre row L-R: P

At the fifth attempt the two ships reached their destinations and the two continents were finally joined on 5th August 1858 starting at Valentia Harbour in Ireland

An extremely fat man removes his clay pipe to tell his one-legged rider not to go too fast

'Wha-Tapoua Roo' [Common brushtail possum] mb-artist George_Adolphus_Storey Jean Marsh as MorgaineZoological study of the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), the Australian marsupial, shown in an arboreal setting. Plate 56 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'This animal is about the size of a Racoon, is of a dark grey colour on the back, rather lighter on the sides, which terminates in a rich brown on the belly.' The plate is inscribed: 'Mortimer