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SIR JOSEPH BANKS 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS-con/mwe^^. 
No. 47. — Specimen of Banks’ handwriting. (Extract from a letter to Lianaeue.) 
See. p. 170. 
No. 48.— Captain John Macarthur. See p. 173. 
No. 49. — Governor Phillip. See p. 189. 
No. 50. — Governor Hunter. See p. 191. 
No. 51. — Governor King. See p. 193. 
No. 52. — Governor Bligh. See p. 195. 
No. 53. — Captain Flinders, R.N. See p. 201. 
No. 54.— George Suttor (1774-1859). From Sir F. B. Suttor. See p. 211. 
No. 55. — Tablet fixed on the rocks at Kurnell (Cook’s Landing Place), and 
bearing the following inscription: — • 
“ A.D. MDCCLXX. Under the auspices of British science, these shores 
were discovered by James Cook and Joseph Banks, the Columbus and 
Maecenas of their time. This spot once saw them ardent in the pursuit of 
knowledge. Now to their memory this tablet is inscribed in the first j'ear 
of the Pliilosophical Society of Australasia. Sir Thomas Brisbane, K.C.B., 
F.R.S.L., &c.. Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, President. 
A.D. MDCCCXXI.” See p. 224. 
The Philosophical Society was the precursor of the Royal Society of New South 
Wales. 
No. 56. — Cape Banks, so named by Cook; Botanj' Bay (North Head). See p. 225. 
No. 57. — West Cape Banks, South Australia. See p. 227. 
No. 58. — Revesby Island, Spencer’s Gulf, S.A. (near Port Lincoln). See p. 229. 
No. 59. — Banksia integrifolia. The “ White Honeysuckle.” See p. 231. 
No. 60. — Banksia ericifolia. See p. 233. 
Nos. 59 and 60. — From plates engraved at Banks’ expense, about 1773, from 
specimens collected by himself at Botany Bay in 1770, and pubUshed by 
the Trustees of the British Museum (1900-3). 
No. 61. — “In July of the .same year (1820) the Council of the Royal Society 
resolved to erect a full-length marble statue of Sir Joseph Banks, to be 
executed by Mr. (afterwards Sir Francis) Chantrey. A sum of £2,000 w'as 
subscribed, of which £525 was paid to the sculptor, the surplus {sic) being 
devoted to an engraving of the statue, copies of which were distributed to 
various institutions and individuals. The monument now stands , in the 
Natural History Department of the British Museum.” (South Kensington, 
London). 
See Hooker’s Edition of Banks’ Journal, xxxvi. For further particulars 
concerning this statue, see Weld ii, 302. From Curator, Australian Museum, 
Sydney. See p. 235. 
No. 62. — The Banksian Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society. See Journ. 
R.H.S., p. 230, Vol. xxix, Dec., 1904. See p. 238. 
Nos. 63 and 64 (inside cover). — A reduction of Captain Cook’s original chart of 
the East Australian Coast-fine. In two sheets, a north sheet and a south 
sheet. 
The original charts by Cook himself (now in the British Museum) are those 
published by Alexander Dalrymple, hydrographer to the Admiralty, and reproduced 
by Mr. Bladen in the Facsimiles of Charts accompanying vol. I, pt. 1, of the 
New South Wales Historical Records. 
