Summary
Prepared for exhibition purposes in the Industrial & Technological Museum in 1885. It features a hand painting of the species by Miss May Vale (later Mrs. Gilfillan). Exhibited at the following exhibitions: 1886 Indian and Colonial Exhibition, London; 1887 Jubilee Exhibition, Adelaide; 1888-89 Centennial Exhibition, Melbourne; 1889 Exposition Universelle, Paris.
Scientific Name: Acacia omalophylla
Family Name: Leguminosae
Specimen Collection Location: Victoria
Physical Description
Timber Sample 36 in x 10.25
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Acquisition Information
Museum generated from Industrial & Technological Museum, 1885
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Artist
Mrs May Gilfillan (née Vale), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1885
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Commissioned By
James Cosmo Newbery - Industrial & Technological Museum, 1885
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Supervised By
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885
As government botanist Von Mueller over saw the preparation of these timber samples. -
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Keywords
Legume or Pea Family (Leguminosae or Fabaceae), Legumes & Pulses
