1. Dasyurus Viverrinus [Eastern Quolls. Titled from catalogue, "Pair of native cats"]

2. [Pair of Native Cats of different colours].

2a. Inscription on reverse of mount, "pouched animals or marsupial .... 5th tribe the Dasyures or native cats, the flesh eaters among the .... animals. Example the common Dasyures found in Eastern Australia and Tasmania""

3a. Wombat from the Zoological Gardens Adelaide

3b. [Head of a wombat]

4. [Wombat]

5. Hapalotis Arboricola (Macleay) [Type of hopping mouse or rabbit-rat. Arbricola = plant] / G. Krefft, 1861

6. Hydromys lutrilla (Macleay) [ie. water rat] found swimming and diving among the rocks at Elizabeth Bay in Sydney / G. Krefft, 1861

7. [Native rat, possibly brush-tailed rabbit-rat] / G. Krefft, 1858

8. ... Hapalotis apicalis. White tipd. Hapalotis [lesser stick-nest rat]. Tillikin N.N. from Mundellemin Lower Murray / G. Krefft

9. [Native tree rats]

10. Phascogale penicillata [Brush-tailed marsupial mouse] / G. Krefft

11. [Pair of Kangaroos]

12. B. "Jimmy Bigfoot" Australian Native carrying a Kangaroo to his camp

13. Sergeant Gunbower Creek [Head of an Aboriginal] / G. Krefft, 1857

14. [Head of an Aboriginal. Front seated profile]

15. [Female Aboriginal cleaning fish] / G. Krefft

16. [Three Aboriginal Girls]

17. [Aboriginal man making a weapon]

18. [Aboriginal chasing kangaroo. Hunting scene involving Aboriginal man, 3 native dogs, and rock wallaby] / G. Krefft, 1857

19. Natives ... [crossing the Murray in a bark canoe]

20. [Corroboree]

21. [Hunting scene]

22. Native graves. Hamilton.. Station Murrumbidgee / G. Krefft, 1857

23. [Native grave or dwelling]

24. [Bush scene]

25. [Station on the Murray]

26. [Aboriginal grave]

27. Sandstone cliffs on the Murray ... ar Mondellemin / G. Krefft, 1857

28. [Homestead with 2 men on horses and cliffs in the background]

29. Gall Gall Station the property of Mess. J.H. Williams Lower Murray / G. Krefft, 1857

30. Bend of the Murray River

31. [Scene on the Murray. Men hunting kangaroos with guns] / G. Krefft, 1857

32. [Bush scene on the Murray] / G.K., 1866

33. [Study of 8 beetles]

34. [Study of 6 insects]

35. [Kangaroo in profile] / G. Krefft

Gerard Krefft manuscript and pictorial collection, ca. 1856-1895

An album, measuring 51.5 x 41.5 x 5.5 cm. (Library binding), containing 35 watercolours and 1 pencil drawing.

1. Dasyurus Viverrinus [Eastern Quolls. Titled from catalogue, "Pair of native cats"] 
2. [Pair of Native Cats of different colours]. Inscription on reverse of mount, "pouched animals or marsupial .... 5th tribe the Dasyures or native cats, the flesh eaters among the .... animals. Example the common Dasyures found in Eastern Australia and Tasmania"" 
3a. Wombat from the Zoological Gardens Adelaide
3b. [Head of a wombat]
4. [Wombat]
5. Hapalotis Arboricola (Macleay) [Type of hopping mouse or rabbit-rat. Arbricola = plant] / G. Krefft, 1861
6. Hydromys lutrilla (Macleay) [ie. water rat] found swimming and diving among the rocks at Elizabeth Bay in Sydney / G. Krefft, 1861
7. [Native rat, possibly brush-tailed rabbit-rat] / G. Krefft, 1858
8. ... Hapalotis apicalis. White tipd. Hapalotis [lesser stick-nest rat]. Tillikin N.N. from Mundellemin Lower Murray / G. Krefft
9. [Native tree rats]
10. Phascogale penicillata [Brush-tailed marsupial mouse] / G. Krefft
11. [Pair of Kangaroos]
12. B. "Jimmy Bigfoot" Australian Native carrying a Kangaroo to his camp
13. Sergeant Gunbower Creek [Head of an Aboriginal] / G. Krefft, 1857
14. [Head of an Aboriginal. Front seated profile]
15. [Female Aboriginal cleaning fish] / G. Krefft
16. [Three Aboriginal Girls]
17. [Aboriginal man making a weapon]
18. [Aboriginal chasing kangaroo. Hunting scene involving Aboriginal man, 3 native dogs, and rock wallaby] / G. Krefft, 1857  
19. Natives ... [crossing the Murray in a bark canoe]
20. [Corroboree]
21. [Hunting scene]
22. Native graves. Hamilton.. Station Murrumbidgee / G. Krefft, 1857
23. [Native grave or dwelling]
24. [Bush scene]
25. [Station on the Murray]
26. [Aboriginal grave]
27. Sandstone cliffs on the Murray ... ar Mondellemin / G. Krefft, 1857
28. [Homestead with 2 men on horses and cliffs in the background]
29. Gall Gall Station the property of Mess. J.H. Williams Lower Murray / G. Krefft, 1857
30. Bend of the Murray River
31. [Scene on the Murray. Men hunting kangaroos with guns] / G. Krefft, 1857
32. [Bush scene on the Murray] / G.K., 1866
33. [Study of 8 beetles]
34. [Study of 6 insects]
35. [Kangaroo in profile] / G. Krefft

Krefft Blandowski

Living Language: Country, Culture, Community

Series 02: Gerard Krefft album of watercolour drawings, ca. 1857-1858, 1861, 1866

1. Dasyurus Viverrinus [Eastern Quolls. Titled from catalogue, "Pair of native cats"]

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