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C1887
The Wombat.
Small colonial engraving of a pair of feeding wombats. Common names: Common Wombat, Naked-nosed Wombat, Tasmanian Wombat & Forest Wombat. Binomial name: Vombatus ursinus First described: Shaw 1800Distribution SA, VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD. History of discovery: First reported sighting: February 1797, after the ship … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Wombat.
Date:
C1887
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
90mm
x 52mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1887
Description:
Small colonial engraving of a pair of feeding wombats.
Common names:Â Common Wombat, Naked-nosed Wombat, Tasmanian Wombat & Forest Wombat.
Binomial name:Â Vombatus ursinus
First described: Shaw 1800Distribution SA, VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD.
History of discovery:
First reported sighting: February 1797, after the ship Sydney Cove ran aground on Clarke Island in February 1797, the crew of the salvage ship, Francis, discovered wombats on the island. A live animal was taken back to Port Jackson.  Governor John Hunter later sent the animal’s corpse to Joseph Banks at the Literary and Philosophical Society to verify that it was a new species.
Naming:Â 26 January 1798
‘We saw several sorts of dung of different animals, one of which Wilson called a Whom-batt, which is an animal about 20 inches high, with short legs and a thick body…’ Bargo, N.S.W. John Price.
First detailed description:Â 25 August 1798 Letter from Hunter to Joseph Banks.
Artist:
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