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Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - entry for Saturday August 11th "had some enormous logs to roll out of the way"

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - "Sketch of the Camp in the gully at the Cascade Creek".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - "The Cavern Rock at Rocky Cape looking east, proceeded with caution expecting the natives might be there".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Map of Clear Ridge Hill showing cascade Creek and Emu River and camp August 4th and end of road now cut ".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " A Diver was killed this afternoon by a stone thrown at it and after some persistence it was bought ashore. Beak a little convex, this birds measures 20 inches from tip to tip of wings ".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Fern Tree - I measured today the largest fern tree I have yet seen, a vast umbrella 30ft in diameter, leaves 14ft long by 4ft wide, the trunk is a beautiful column covered with moss ".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Hairy cicada ". Tettigarctidae tomentosa

Index to R12 - Henry Hellyer Diary

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Wednesday July 4th - In splitting a log this morning there came out either a large mouse or a young rat it appeared in a dormant state or it was injured in some way as it remained very quietly in my hand while I sketched it off".
[pygmy possum]

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Lopham camp showing tents, fallen trees and stumps ".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Particulars of a Native Cat killed this morning close to the tent - Tuesday 3rd July 1827 this animal is the largest of the kind I have yet seen it measures 33 inches in length from nose to end of tail".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Sketch of the map of Rocky Cape - sketch of coast looking eastward from the higher outer hill at Rocky Cape".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Sassafras - creeper found today leaves dark green tough ".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Table Cape - we found great opposition from the tide which was running with great rapidity past Table Cape ".

Illustration from Henry Hellyers diary - " Large white gum tree on road 2 miles from shore