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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

10,000 Birds

Thomas Mitchell had a brutal history of killing Aboriginal people, and in 2023 Birdlife International and the Royal Australasian Ornithologist’s Union officially renamed the bird. I like to think that the change occurred after the book went to press, though I know the MM name is still commonly used. How did Elizabeth become a ghost?

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