Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) globe Creator James Barker Emery

Creator James Barker Emery

(Notes from Australian Dictionary of Biography)

South Esk and Tamar rivers

were responsible for the renaming of Hawkesbury River Station to 'Brooklyn'

stage coaches and colonials in top hats and bowlers

Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) globe Creator James Barker EmeryCreator Pancrace Bessa (17721846) Date 1820 Native to southeastern Australia, the waratah is the floral emblem of New South Wales. The name 'waratah' comes from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area This fine Waratah print was first published in Herbier Gnral de lAmateur, Paris, 1820. French botanical artist Pancrace Bessa (17721846), of the Musum National d'Histoire Naturelle, and flower painter to French