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AUSTRALIAN & HISTORICAL (#486) Closed

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Lot 919A folio of works associated with the Cotton/Le Souef/Falkiner families: Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, arrived at Melbourne in 1840 in the Eagle. In 1841 he travelled with his tutor by bullock-dray to the protectorate station on the Goulburn where he spent three years, gained a lasting knowledge of the Aboriginals and learned bushcraft from them. In 1853 Le Souef had married Caroline Cotton.

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Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

AUSTRALIAN & HISTORICAL (#486) Closed

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  • A folio of works associated with the Cotton/Le Souef/Falkiner families: Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, arrived at Melbourne in 1840 in the Eagle. In 1841 he travelled with his tut
  • A folio of works associated with the Cotton/Le Souef/Falkiner families: Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, arrived at Melbourne in 1840 in the Eagle. In 1841 he travelled with his tut - 2
  • A folio of works associated with the Cotton/Le Souef/Falkiner families: Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, arrived at Melbourne in 1840 in the Eagle. In 1841 he travelled with his tut - 3
  • A folio of works associated with the Cotton/Le Souef/Falkiner families: Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, arrived at Melbourne in 1840 in the Eagle. In 1841 he travelled with his tut - 4