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'u0liualle s,plr0,\aq] 0] ajtJplt^\ uetlelsnV ]0ssouanblun oql Fuuq0l padlaq.p|loM ]saMou, all] ul satnlus^pe slquo4 Buqlnsat suo]e]lsnllr pue suorle^resqo aql Sleui,Lleu pu8spllq u0 slloM pe1e4snllr,{lluacgruFeu ls0uaql }o aLu0s Jo.l0Llsllqnd puBloqlne 'plnOCurlol'j0 qlrrq aq11o frestariuue q]002 aq] slleu reo^ slql J0lDuru,tw?snd0rJlsSTt nIt 'k ohn Gould was born at Lynle, is rvith feeling ofthe purest a6ection England,on 14 September1804. As a thar 1... dedicaie this lovely bird to the child he moved with his parentsto memory of my late wife, who for nrany Stoke Hill in Surrey,and in this rural years hboriously rssisted me with her settinghe .rcquireda keen interestin pencil, accompaDicd n1c to Ausrralia,and cheerfully interested berscif in a)l my plantsand animals. In 1818, the family n.rovedto Pursurts. Windsor, where Gould's father was Arlival in Australia in royal gardens, employed the and Before Gould finished T'!rc Birds of young where Gould wasable to further Errrope,commenced in 1832,he turned his alreadykeen interest in plants and his attention to the birds ofAustralia.In wild creatures.At this tilne, he became 1837,he began.4 Sl,nopskqf theBids o.f proficient asa taxidermist,a calling that Australiaand tlrc Adjarcnt ldands atd, stood hiur in good stead throughout soon afterwards,The Birds of Anstralia his life. and thc Adjacent lsinads as a fully Gould's expertise in taxiderny illustratedfolio work. However,Gould undoubtedly contributed to his found that materialavailable to support intimate knowledge of bird anatomy, and perfect his sketches.He ftequently this project was totally inadequateand and his skill in selectingthe right pose checked the stomach contents of bird went to Australiahimself to accumulate for his many bird subjects.Just before specimens, and included any material for a completely new and his appointmentto the Museun of the undamagedinsects in his ever-growing most ambitious work, TIrc Birds of Zoological Society, he set up a collection. Alstmlia, in 36 parts and comprising taxidermy businessin London, at a 600 folio plates. ElizabethGould tinle when the gentry liked to have Gould was 33 when he, Elizabeth, their trophiesmounted for exhibition, It has been suggestedthat Gouldt son Henry,John Gilbert, Henry Coxen and when the Royal Menagerie of successwas due mainly to his talented (Elizabethl nephew) and a servant, King George [V was a constantsource wife, Elizabeth.Her artistic abiliry and Mary Watson,left London in the Parsee ofexotic material. personalsupport in accompanyinghin-r on 16 May 1838. They arrived at Gor.rldt thirst for infomation was abroad were of in'u'neasurableassisance, Hobart, Tasmania (known as Van insatiable.He recorded the habits of and her earlydeath in 18,11,aged 37, Diemen's Land) about four months birds he saw and, where possible, left a void neverto be filled. Gould was later,on 18 September1838, where the collected their nests and eggs and the first to acknowledge his great family stayed with the Governor of prepared skeletons for ftlture study. indebtednessto Elizabeth,and nan-red Van Diemen'sLand, Sir John Franklin. Qtrire often, he kept live birds in the Gouldian frnch (Erythntagorldiac) ln mid-February 1839, Gould left hrs captivity to betrer study their habits in her memory: family at Government House, and

Previouspage Maln A finishedplate from JohnGould's TheBirds of GreatBritam showing moorhensand their chickswith waterlilies. lmage - Courtesyof the Australian Mu seu m Research Librar y Insets (top) Portraitby T H Maguireof JohnGould aged 45. (bottom)Preparatory sketch of moorhens,attributed to JohnGould. lmages - By permission of the National Libary of Austalia

TopJ A Heyman'smetal plaque of John Gouldthat is in the possessionof the WAGould League.

Far left Portraitby an unknownartist ot ElizabethGould. lmage - Courtesyof a pivate collection

Lett TheGouldian finch was namedin honourof ElizabethGould. Photo - Babs and Bert Wells/CALM

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hillocks; and in half-an-hour after wc found one... in my hasre I threw aside the black fellow and began scnping of the upper part ofthe mound... and he became very indignant... making me "rhar understand a5 I had never seen rhc nest before I had better trust him to get out the eggs,or I should,in my hasteand impacience, certainly break th€m." I brathyuns [qto*al, as rhey are alweys he displayedin the objectsofhis mision; therefore let him have hi! own way, and found together amidst the densethickes andas science is indebtedro him for hrs he began scraping off the earth very and nnJ< lcgetarion bordering swamps knowledgeof this end severalothel carefully ftom the c€ntre, rhrowing it and running slrearns.Thenatives capture interesringdiscoveries. I Eust thar... ir over the side, so thar the mound very it by brcaking down a long, narrow will not be deemedinapprcpriare.' soon presentedthe appearanceofa huge passagein rhe thicket, in which a number basin; about two feet in depth of earth ln Febluary of them rcmain stationed,while others, 1842, Gilbert sailed was in this way thrown oF, when the particular\ old men and women, walk ftom England for the Swan River large ends of two eggs met my anxious though the thicket, and by bearing the Colony. He was determined to collect gaze; both rhese eggs were resting on bushesand making a yelling noisg drive specimens of the malleefowl, about their smaller apex, and the earth rcund the afiiighted animals before th€m, into which he had heard so much. With them had to be very carefully removed to the cleared space, where they are James Drummond and an Aboriginal avoid breaking the shell, which is itnmediately speard by those on the guide, he ravelled to Wongan Hills. On extremely Fagile when 6rsr exposed ro watch: in this way a t be of nativeswill 28 September, Gilbert found what ne the atmosphere.' often kill an immense number of both was looking for, describing the Gilbert left Western Ausrralia for speciesin a few houn. I havenot heard encounterin a lettet to Gould: Launceston of rhe Hwsiprynnus Cil,ertl being found and Sydney on 20 'This December 1843 in any othet part ofthe colony than King morning I hed the good forrune to on the schooner join George'sSound. In dedicating ii ro rhe penetrate into the dense rhicket I hed Timbo.Lttet, he was ro Ludwig lateMr Gilbert,who proceededwith me been so long aruriousto visir in searchot Leichhardtt ill-fated expedirion ro Port to Australiato assistin the objecs ofmy the Leipoat [malleefowl's] eggs, and had Essington and was fatally speared expedition,I embracedwith pleasurerhe not proceeded far before the native who during an attack on the camp in June opportunity aforded me of expresing was with me told me to keep a good 1845 by Aboriginal people. Gilbertt my senseof the gear zeal and assiduity look-out, x we were among the Ngou-ool early death, at 33, meant he was given

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began work on Thc Manntals of lastralia, published in three volumes. Conrnelting on his departure from the study ofbirds Gould wrote: 'Tiredby r longrnd laboriousdayi wrlk Hc returned ro Hobart in APril 9 April 1840and reachedLondon on uncter :r burning sun. I frequentlY 1839 by the Sti-saaanl.4rtric, but in a 25 August.Elizabeth died within a year cncamped for dre night by thc side of i ruondr lvasready to move orr to South of their return and, although John river, a nrtr:ral pond, or:r rvater-hole, rnd Austrrlir. He welt with the good worked relentlessly for anothell0 before retiring to rest nor unfrequcndy rvishesof the HobartTou'u Cowicr (21 yeJrs.he neverrecovered fully lrotttlris strctchecl rrly rvcary body on dte riveri May 1839),rvhich rccotde'dthat Gould loss. brnk.. lwherel rhe water w:ls oftcn 'about disrrrrbedby rlrt lirrlc iorrcerrtric

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'llec a^llcullslps]! leue slsluoloc aqt Iq ,lq3!a-,quam1,auleu uotllttloc aql uo^!Bse^\ pue ^uolocia^!H ue/l^s aql ]noq8notLllpesidsoplM se^l pllq slql leql psprocalp'n'og eleJpnv Jo su!8 at,/l uJorjratq9lu aulluelsuoc IJUoH pue plnog ullof Iq slo.uedUB!+,{lua^ l ulttu AboveNate Rice, collection manager, ornitholo$i,The Academy of Natural As intercstin the study ofbirds and 1910,Thsmania in 1920 and Western Sciences,Philadelphia, with a trayof grew in Australia,there Australiain 1939. JohnGould's Australian bird specimens. natural history wasstrong support for bird clubsto be Today,Australian Gould Leaguesare Aboveright TheAcademy holds the formed in schools.Atfrrst, these grouPs among Australiat nost respected largestcollection of Gould'sAustralian were unoflicial, but the value of and influential non-profit, nature birdspecimens. formalising them soon becarte conservation education groups. They Photos - Kevin Kenneally apparent.The name of John Gould, enablepeople to undentand,appreciate variouslydescribed as the'Bird Man' and protect the natural environment 'A and'Farherof AustralianOrnithoJogy . (see league of their own', collections.The bird skins numbered was the obviouschoice for the newly- LANDSCOPE, Spring 2003). The some 25,000, then the finest formed enterprise. The Victorian legacyofJohn Gouldt fascinationwith assemblagein the world. They arrived Gould League of Bird Lovers was the naturalworld continuesthrough the in Philadelphiain 1849,but were not oliicially establishedin 1909 and the League'seducation activities and the formally presentedto The Academyof 6rst president was Prine Minister of enthusiasmfor narure shown by the Natural Sciencesuntil 20 March 1860. Australia,Alfred Deakin. New South generationsof children who havebeen After Gould's death,his remaining Wales formed a Could Lergue in membe$. bird collection was bought by the British Museum for d3000. The 'disgraceful spectacle' of Gouldt KevinKenneally is the scentlfic coordinator of CALIVI'sIANDSCOPE Expeditions 'unrivalled' Australiancollection sailing programand Presidentoi the WA Goud League,He can be contactedon offto the USA would noc be repeated. (08)93340561or by emal ([email protected]). Gould ultimately died on 3 Kevn woud liketo thankGlenn Ferguson and l\,4atthew Stephens of theAustralian He wasburied February1881, aged 76. Museum,Sydney and Leo Josephand Nate Riceof The Academyof Natural alongsideElizabeth in Kensal Green Sciences,Phl adephia, USA, for providingaccess to Gouldmaterial in their Cemetery,London. The stone slab on institutions.Rhianna [,4ooney is thankedfor assistancen sourcng Gould 'Sacrcd his gravecarries the inscription: illustrations,l,/aureen Lambourne lor herguidance on the Gouldfamily and Ron to the Memory ofJohn Gould,ER.S., Johnstone,WA l,y'useum,for adviceon orniihologicalmatters. boro September 14, 1804, died ln preparingthe article, Kevin reJerred to severalbooks that wouLd make excellent February3, 1881'.His final wish was (T 'Herc Juriherreading. They arc John Gould in Auslraila 997)by Ann Dalla,John Gould: for his epitaph to read liesJohn BirdMan (1W1) by Maureen Lambourne and TheBirdlvan (1991) by lsabeaTree "Bird Gould, the Man"'.

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