Module

Explore the connections between living things, the environments they inhabit, and the forces that shape them. 

Oral history interviews with people involved in all aspects of forest and around photographs depicting various aspects of forests and forestry work.

3099 books & pamphlets, plus modern facsimile editions of medieval manuscripts with a strength in English philology, including English dialects, as well as European poetry, novels, literature, and religion.

667 books and periodical issues in English relating to Japan published between 1856 and 1942. The subject range is broad, including history, biography, religions, politics, literature, folklore, fine arts, gardening sports and more.

81 Korean books, 44 Japanese books and 11 Chinese books. Subject matter of the Korean books ranges from history, literature and religion to cooking and gardening.

An album with 20 watercolours and 22 individual watercolours by Joseph Lycett. Most of the pieces focus on studies of Aboriginal people and drawings of native plants.

553 books from the 19th to mid-20th century with a particular strength in botany and gardening, among many other subjects.

911 water colours by Adam Forster of Australian flowers, painted between 1916 and 1927.

Tania McCartney

Christine Morton-Evans

919 watercolours and gouaches of flowers and birds of Australia and Papua New Guinea painted between 1870 and 1920, plus a small quantity of personal papers.