'Wha-Tapoua Roo' [Common brushtail possum] mb-artist George_Adolphus_Storey The worker

The worker

View of the Bull and Gate Inn

At the fifth attempt the two ships reached their destinations and the two continents were finally joined on 5th August 1858 starting at Valentia Harbour in Ireland

Mercedes-Benz Streamliner car

'Wha-Tapoua Roo' [Common brushtail possum] mb-artist George_Adolphus_Storey The workerZoological study of the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), the Australian marsupial, shown in an arboreal setting. Plate 56 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'This animal is about the size of a Racoon, is of a dark grey colour on the back, rather lighter on the sides, which terminates in a rich brown on the belly.' The plate is inscribed: 'Mortimer