1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 256 Science Young became the site of

Young became the site of an infamous anti-Chinese miner riot in 1861 and the official Riot Act was read to the miners on 14 July – the only official reading in the history of New South Wales

Van-Diemens Land with the original 11 counties - was engraved by John Dower in 1834 and was published in the 1835 edition of Henry Teesdale's A New General Atlas of the World

Carved figures with tapa and leaf offerings are seen outside thatched huts topped with pili

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1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 256 Science Young became the site ofTitle : Mactre, Mactra Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23887 Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique Conchology or Shell print by Jean Baptiste Lamarck was drawn by Henri Joseph Redoute (1766 1852) younger brother of the famous illustrator P J Redoute engraved by Robert Benard and published in the 1789 edition of Tableau encyclopdique et mthodique des trois rgnes de la