Joseph Banks and the flora of the Australian east coast.

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Title

Joseph Banks and the flora of the Australian east coast.

Collective title

Australian National Maritime Museum travelling exhibition

Venues

Geelong Art Gallery. (12 September 2009 – 29 November 2009)

Date

(2009)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (VIC).

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

An exhibition of over thirty coloured engravings based on Sydney Parkinson's original drawings recording the coastal plants collected between Sydney and far north Queensland by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Carl Solander, during Captain James Cook's first Pacific voyage (1768-71). [Gallery media, 2009].