Common Urban Birds of Australia (Archive) – No 1 in the Series. Circa 1974

Common Urban Birds of Southern Australia – No 1 in the Series.

This popular retro poster depicts Common Urban Birds of Southern Australia has been lovingly reproduced from our archives. Prints are 47cm x 73cm printed on 150mg gloss stock in Cmyk – Full Colour.

How many of these birds do you or your children know?  They are a great resource for schools or the whole family to learn it identify local birds.

Artwork by Peter Trusler, Circa 1974.

Peter Trusler, is a famous Australian artist best known for his wildlife art, as well as for his scientifically rigorous reconstructions of prehistoric fauna.  His artwork is featured in numerous books and scientific publications, and several of Trusler’s pieces are held in the National Library of Australia. His reconstructions have been featured on the cover of two issues of the Journal of Palaeontology (in 2009 and 2013). In 1993 his work appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, and he has produced three Australia Post stamp series. His paintings have also appeared in scientific exhibitions, including displays at the Melbourne Museum and the “Wildlife of Gondwana” exhibition at the Monash Science Centre in Melbourne, Australia.  

Trusler has contributed to much original research within the field of palaeontology, both due to his work in illustrating fossil specimens and through reconstructions of extinct organisms. He is the namesake for the extinct monotreme Teinolophos trusleri, discovered on the Victorian coast in December 2000, a significant find for which he illustrated the holotype specimen.

Gould League are honoured to have had Peter produce this artwork so many years ago.