Hydraspis Australis. (Gray)

Rare c.19th lithograph of the Cooper Creek Turtle.

Modern binomial name: Emydura macquarii
First described: Gray, 1830
Distribution: QLD, NSW, VIC, SA

From: Grey, Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty’s Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the Aboriginal inhabitants, ……

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 3228.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney, 1987 : 131.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 740610
State Library Queensland: 996964214702061
State Library South Australia: 994.1 G843
State Library Victoria: CC 919.41 G86J
State Library New South Wales: 1841 RB/E919.41/GRE
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1141869