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  • Launched at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 21 March 2012.

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    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: National Library of Australia , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
      Extent: vi, 229p.p.
      Description: illus. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.)
      Note/s:
      • Includes portfolio of images from the Hunter sketchbook (Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, '89 & '90)
      • Includes bibliographical references and index.
      ISBN: 9780642277077 (hbk.)

Works about this Work

[Review Essay] A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and His First Fleet Sketchbook Robert Haworth , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 15 2013; (p. 243-244)

'Where have all the brolgas gone? John Hunter, intrepid Scottish seafarer and sometime governor of the infant colony of New South Wales, recorded these majestic 'native companions' as if they were regular denizens of early Sydney. Which they were, along with much else in the natural world that has been lost. We only know about them because the many-talented Hunter kept a comprehensive sketch book of the fauna and flora of early Sydney, Norfolk Island and surrounds.' (Introduction)

Graphic Governor Alisa Bunbury , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 346 2012; (p. 50-51)

— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography
Australia's 'Twitterverse' Explored John Huxley , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 April 2012; (p. 37)

— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography ; Mr J W Lewin : Painter & Naturalist Richard Neville , 2012 single work biography
Early Portrait of a Colony Babette Smith , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 April 2012; (p. 24-25)

— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography
Light on a Little-Known Governor Stephen Wilks , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 March 2012; (p. 28)

— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography
Light on a Little-Known Governor Stephen Wilks , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 March 2012; (p. 28)

— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography
Early Portrait of a Colony Babette Smith , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 April 2012; (p. 24-25)

— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography
Australia's 'Twitterverse' Explored John Huxley , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 April 2012; (p. 37)

— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography ; Mr J W Lewin : Painter & Naturalist Richard Neville , 2012 single work biography
Graphic Governor Alisa Bunbury , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 346 2012; (p. 50-51)

— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography
[Review Essay] A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and His First Fleet Sketchbook Robert Haworth , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 15 2013; (p. 243-244)

'Where have all the brolgas gone? John Hunter, intrepid Scottish seafarer and sometime governor of the infant colony of New South Wales, recorded these majestic 'native companions' as if they were regular denizens of early Sydney. Which they were, along with much else in the natural world that has been lost. We only know about them because the many-talented Hunter kept a comprehensive sketch book of the fauna and flora of early Sydney, Norfolk Island and surrounds.' (Introduction)

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