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THE NEWSLETTER OF CANBERRA BUSHWALKING CLUB itit Volume 42, Number 5 June 2006 Canberra Bushwalking Club Inc PO Box 160 Canberra ACT 2601 JUNE GENERAL MEETING 8pm Wednesday 21 A detective story: authenticating natural history watercolours from the First Fleet Speaker: Linda Groom, Curator of Pictures, National Library of Australia, and CBC member since the 1970s Late last year the National Library purchased 56 unsigned and undated watercolours of birds and plants from the First Fleet period. In addition to their appeal as beatiful works of art, these paintings are significant as a visual survey of what was flying around, or flowering in, Port Jackson in 1789. They include over 20 paintings which are the first European representations of Australian plant species. In this illustrated talk, Linda explains the process of authenticating these works, a detective story that involved art history, biology and even a little bit of bushwalking. Main meeting room, St. John’s Church Hall Constitution Avenue, Reid Canberra Bushwalking Club it June 2006 page 1 President’sPresident’s and wouldn’t like to see it disappear details of gear, food, walking, from our venerable magazine so I navigation, camping and photos of PrattlePrattle wish to submit the following notice far-off places must have contributed of motion. to a state of mind that still persists. My own children, when young, he time is nigh when the Club I am sure that this motion will used to complain, “Dad, why is it is going to have to make a vital generate a vigorous debate in the T that we always go bushwalking and decision that will affect our very best traditions of the Club.
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