Images Dated 2014 August

Colourful Spike of Bromeliad flower

Close-up study of tiny bracts - like matchsticks arranged radially on a stem. Species Aechmea gamosepala - "Matchstick Bromeliad"

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14 Aug 2014

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Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (early 19th century engraving)

A view of the town and harbour of Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania), an island to the south of the Australian mainland. Van Diemen's Land was colonised by Britain in 1803 as a penal colony and became part of New South Wales in 1825. Hobart was then known as Hobart Town, or Hobarton and was named after Lord Hobart, the Colonial Secretary

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