Desert Rat-kangaroo Paterson River This is Plate 1 of

This is Plate 1 of his majestic 'Sea Atlas of the Water World' (De zee-atlas ofte water-wereld)

before Dutch explorer Abel Tasman charted New Holland in 1642

captured this epic tableau of images fo the Hawkesbury River Bridge under construction

From Baker's "Australian County Atlas"

It would be 'plentifuly endowed by nature'

Desert Rat-kangaroo Paterson River This is Plate 1 ofCreator Gould's Mammals of Australia (1845 1863) Date 1863 Desert Rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), once endemic to Central Australia, now considered EXTINCT. (Gould syn: Bettongia campestris, Plain loving Jerboa Kangaroo) Source: Smithsonian Library