Oceania Gallery

Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine

Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in captivity at London Zoo. The species is believed to be extinct. Largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times - became extinct in 1936 - was an apex predator. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

1900s, Animal, Animals, Apex, Australia, Australian, Cynocephalus, Extinct, Extinction, Garden, Gardens, London, Lost, Native, Park, Predator, Society, Species, Striped, Stripes, Tasmania, Tasmanian, Taxidermy, Thylacine, Thylacinus, Tiger, Zoo, Zoological

SS Oriana. From the Tropics to the Snow, 1964

Cruise ship SS Oriana docked at Circular Quay in Sydney Harbour. The cruise ship was eventually turned into a floating museum and hotel in Japan before being dismantled in 2005. The image also shows the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background

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Architectural Features, Bridges, Ferries, Harbours, Jetties And Wharves, Jetties Wharves, Passenger Ships, Ships

The Pipe Organ of St Pauls Cathedral in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The cathedral was built in stages and is one of the City of Melbourne's major landmarks. The cathedral's pipe organ was built by T. C. Lewis and Co of Brixton, England. It was played at the cathedral's inaugural service in 1891. The organ has four manuals and pedals with 53 stops, all with electro-pneumatic action, and is housed in the cathedral's south transept behind newly stencilled facade pipes

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