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A collection of vintage illustrations, taken from books published between the 18th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. 
Various types of gold mining. After sketches by M. Siegel, drawn from diggings in Victoria.
From Australien : Geschichte der Entdeckung und Kolonisation (Australia: history of discovery and colonization), by Richard Oberländer, Leipzig, 1880.
(Source: archive.org)
Digging up the eggs of the brushturkey (Talegallahuhu in German. If anyone knows which one of the brushturkeys is “Talegallahuhu”, thank you to let me know…)
From Australien : Geschichte der Entdeckung und Kolonisation (Australia: history of discovery and colonization), by Richard Oberländer, Leipzig, 1880.
(Source: archive.org)
Grasstree (Xanthorrhoea)
From Australien : Geschichte der Entdeckung und Kolonisation (Australia: history of discovery and colonization), by Richard Oberländer, Leipzig, 1880.
(Source: archive.org)
Discovery of the body of a traveler who got lost in the bush.
From Australien : Geschichte der Entdeckung und Kolonisation (Australia: history of discovery and colonization), by Richard Oberländer, Leipzig, 1880.
(Source: archive.org)
Coral reefs from the Australian coast.
From Australien : Geschichte der Entdeckung und Kolonisation (Australia: history of discovery and colonization), by Richard Oberländer, Leipzig, 1880.
(Source: archive.org)
Sydney in 1800.
From Australien : Geschichte der Entdeckung und Kolonisation (Australia: history of discovery and colonization), by Richard Oberländer, Leipzig, 1880.
(Source: archive.org)
Churches.
From Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon : Geschichte der Baukunst (plates to the history of achitecture section of the Conversations-Lexikon, AKA Brockhaus Enzyklopädie), Published by Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1888.
(Source: archive.org)
Rome, St. Peter’s Basilica.
From Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon : Geschichte der Baukunst (plates to the history of achitecture section of the Conversations-Lexikon, AKA Brockhaus Enzyklopädie), Published by Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1888.
(Source: archive.org)
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