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The Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library is located at the Geelong Waterfront Campus. It is on the ground floor of the Dennys Lascelles Building, corner of Western Beach Road and Cunningham Street, Geelong. Enter via Western Beach Road or Cunningham Street.
Hours of opening:
10 - 4 Monday to Friday
Rare books about birds
A synopsis of the birds of Australia and the adjacent islands / by John Gould
London : John Gould, 1837-38
A natural history of the birds of New South Wales / collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature by John William Lewin
London : Henry G. Bohn, 1838 ((London : G. Schulze))
Synopsis of the birds of Australia, containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings, or, Companion to Gould's Handbook / by Silvester Diggles
Brisbane 1877
The birds of Australia : comprising three hundred full-page illustrations, with a descriptive account of the life and characteristic habits of over seven hundred species / by Gracius J. Broinowski
Melbourne : Stuart, 1890-1891
Birds and Mammals of Australia / drawn, lithographed and described by Gracius J. Broinowski
Sydney : G. Murrary, [1884-85]
The birds of Australia / by Gregory M. Mathews
London : Witherby & Co., 1910-1927; 12 vols & numerous supplements
Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania / by Alfred J. North
Sydney : F.W. White, 1901-1914
Descriptive chart of common insectivorous birds found in Victoria / prepared in the Department of Agriculture, Melbourne, for the Education Department of Victoria
Melbourne : Dept of Lands & Agriculture, 1878
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Image credits:
(image from: A synopsis of the birds of Australia and the adjacent islands / John Gould, London, 1837-38)