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Hawkesbury River8 May 1802 - 22 July 1802

While anchored in Port Jackson a greenhouse is constructed on the ship's quarter deck. The scientific gentlemen gather specimens inland, camping in Paramatta and the Blue Mountains. Mr Westall draws many sketches during walking excursions along the Hawkesbury River. On 22 July they sail on at last, bound for adventures in the north.

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  • Watershield— Brasenia schreberi
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—Australian Botanical Drawings 3, 3186

  • Platypus—Ornithorhynchus anatinus
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—993679902081_014, Plate 12

  • White elderberry—Sambucus gaudichaudiana
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—Australian Botanical Drawings 68, 6959

  • Hawkesbury River, view no. 7
    Artist William Westall
    National Library of Australia—138880620