Page 164 – from Edith Coleman, 1938, ‘The huntsman spider (Isopeda immanis): Courtship, egg-laying and emergence of spiderlings’, The Australian Zoologist, 9, pp180–190, reproduced with permission of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.
Page 179 – type specimen for the graceful leek orchid, Prasophyllum pyriforme, from Edith Coleman’s personal herbarium. Courtesy of Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, National Herbarium of New South Wales.
Page 189 – photograph of purplebeard orchids Calochilus robert-sonii, 1923, from the collection of R. S. Rogers, State Herbarium of South Australia.
Page 211 – courtesy of Andrew Wood.
Page 239 – courtesy of Mrs E. M. Derrick, Accession no: H84.427/1/49, State Library Victoria.
Page 242 – courtesy of Ritter-Jeppesen Studios, Accession no: H2014.1020/17, State Library Victoria.
Page 259 – courtesy of Mr. John O’Rorke, Accession no: H99.224/92, State Library Victoria.
Page 282 – courtesy of the Herald and Weekly Times Limited portrait collection, Accession no: H38849/4515, State Library Victoria.
Page 286 – courtesy of the Hermannsburg Collection, Accession no: B 15397, State Library of South Australia.
Page 319 – specimen page for Parson’s bands (Ericochilus cucullatus) from H. M. R. Rupp’s collection. Courtesy of Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, National Herbarium of New South Wales.
Page 328 – ACC 5903A, State Library of Western Australia.
Page 346 – by Marjorie R. Pratt from William E. Agar, 1939, ‘A gynandromorphy grasshopper’, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A, 109, p139–140, with permission of the Zoological Society of London.
Page 355 – courtesy of Mr Edmond Marshall, Robert O’Brien Collection, Accession no: H84.461/351, State Library Victoria.
Page 358 – from Edith Coleman, 1943, Come Back in Wattle Time: An Illustrated Handbook on the Australian Wattles, 2nd ed. (Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens) p10.
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