'Wha-Tapoua Roo' [Common brushtail possum] mb-artist George_Adolphus_Storey View of the Steelyard from

View of the Steelyard from the River Thames

Centre row L-R: P

bottom right The Middlesex Petition

'Colonists and Convicts'

'Wha-Tapoua Roo' [Common brushtail possum] mb-artist George_Adolphus_Storey View of the Steelyard fromZoological study of the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), the Australian marsupial, shown in an arboreal setting. Plate 56 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'This animal is about the size of a Racoon, is of a dark grey colour on the back, rather lighter on the sides, which terminates in a rich brown on the belly.' The plate is inscribed: 'Mortimer