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This nameplate from one of Leichhardt’s weapons is the only undisputed relic of the missing 1848 expedition.
This nameplate from one of Leichhardt’s weapons is the only undisputed relic of the missing 1848 expedition.
Photo by Dragi Markovic. Courtesy of the National Museum of Australia, Canberra.
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Letter to his brother-in-law, Friedrich August Schmalfuß, Sydney (23 March 1842)
Portrait of Dr. Leichhardt, the explorer. Illustration by William Nicholas (1807–1854), in: Heads of the People: An Illustrated Journal of Literature, Whims and Oddities, Sydney, 1847.
Portrait of Dr. Leichhardt, the explorer. Illustration by William Nicholas (1807–1854), in: Heads of the People: An Illustrated Journal of Literature, Whims and Oddities, Sydney, 1847.
William Nicholas, 1847, Portrait of Dr. Leichhardt, the explorer, National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection; NK720/40.
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Drawing of a bunya pine in Leichhardt’s field notebook
Drawing of a bunya pine in Leichhardt’s field notebook
Under his drawing Leichhardt noted the name “bunya bunya” as well as an indigenous name, “Bodné,” which he had learned from one of his informants.
Drawing by Ludwig Leichhardt in Moreton Bay, 1842.
Courtesy of The State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Specimen of an Australian fig tree, Ficus stephanocarpa, collected by Ludwig Leichhardt the British colony of New South Wales, 1842.
Specimen of an Australian fig tree, Ficus stephanocarpa, collected by Ludwig Leichhardt the British colony of New South Wales, 1842.
Röpert D. (ed.) 2000+ [continuously updated]: Digital specimen images at the Herbarium Berolinense.
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Courtesy of the Botanischer Garten / Botanisches Museum Berlin.
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The journey of the letters
The journey of the letters
Hand-drawn map in Leichhardt’s field notebook by Ludwig Leichhardt, 1845.
Courtesy of The State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Leichhardt’s legacy in northern Australia
Leichhardt’s legacy in northern Australia
Map of the Port Essington Expedition by Samuel Augustus Perry. W. Baker Hibernian Printing Office, Sydney, 1846.
Courtesy of National Library of Australia, Canberra, MAP F 517.
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Further reading
Further reading
The Starting of the Leichhardt Search Expedition by Nicholas Chevalier, in: Australian News for Home Readers, Melbourne: Ebenezer and David Syme, 25 July 1865.
Courtesy of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Slg. Darmstaedter, Forschungsreisen/Australien, Australien 1844: Leichhardt, Ludwig Bl. 32.
Ludwig Leichhardt: A German Explorer’s Letters Home from Australia
Seventeen letters sent by Ludwig Leichhardt from 1842–48 vividly depict his stay in Australia. In this exhibition curated by historian Heike Hartmann, we are introducing a brand new English translation of the letters and a timeline tool with which to view those, this virtual exhibition documents Leichhardt’s adventurous stay in Australia and opens up new perspectives for the environmental history of the land, Europeans’ engagement with its indigenous population, and international scientific networks at the time.
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