Cassowary - Capturing Nature Print Size:A2 vehicle collision and habitat destruction

vehicle collision and habitat destruction also put pressure on this endangered species

4kg approx

Lily Caterpillar - Illustration by Harriet Scott

Size: 215x165x60mm

This cultural practice is many thousands of years old and has been passed down through generations

Cassowary - Capturing Nature Print Size:A2 vehicle collision and habitat destructionA charming and evocative part of the Australian Museum's history, this is a photograph of the first cassowary in the AM collection. The bird was acquired from G Randall Johnson, who collected it near Rockingham Bay, Far North Queensland, in 1866. For a time it was believed to be a species distinct from the Casuarius australis shot and named in 1854 by naturalist Thomas Wall (who had perished before he could transport the skin). The new specimen was