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(with thanks to the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) 

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#MapMonday: Trace British explorer William Dampier's 1699 voyage to what we now call Australia. #SciArt from A Voyage to New Holland, etc., in the year 1699 (published 1703) by William Dampier. Contributed for digitization by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (@royalbotanicgardensvic) and Atlas of Living Australia to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50441122 _________________________________________________ #Maps #HistoricalMaps #NewHolland #Australia #NewSouthWales #Map #Exploration #Explorer #Voyage #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #RBGVictoria #BHLAu

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Ilawarra Flame Tree (Australia’s own native Christmas bells!)

(with thanks to timentwhisle)

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“Our Orchid Conservation Program team and 30 volunteers from the Australian Native Orchid Society (Vic branch) were recently exploring a new site promised by Trust for Nature.  During the survey, they found a new population of over 300 endangered Caladenia fulva!”

(with thanks to royalbotanicgardensvic)

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Eucalyptus alatissima. With distinctive decorative ‘wings’ of the flower bud, this variable shrub or small tree grows between 1.5 and 8 metres tall and occurs naturally on rocky rises and sand plains of central WA, north of Kalgoorlie. 

(with thanks to royalbotanicgardensvic)

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Hakea petiolaris subsp trichophylla, from south-west Western Australia. These plants produce a succession of pom-pom like flower heads in early Autumn. They require good drainage and full sun to grow well in Melbourne, and light pruning will keep them more compact. 

(with thanks to the royalbotanicgardensvic)