Flora & Fauna
Joseph Banks - 1743-1820 - Botanist
Born into a wealthy family
Travelled widely through South America, Tahiti, New
Zealand, Australia and Europe
Suggested the name”Banksia” for the new country
Painted mostly botanical specimens
Daniel Solander - 1733-1782 - Botanist
Banks and Solander collected mostly botanical
specimens.
Inspired the name “Botanist Bay” -
Now “Botany Bay”
Sydney Parkinson - 1745-1771
Employed by Banks to travel with him to the Pacific
He painted a number of artworks of flora and fauna
