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No 86 December 2010

Above: Hermann Beckler, ‘View of a distant range of mountains, seen from Gogirga hills’. Picture Collection, H16486. Beckler painted this watercolour scene of Bilpa in the Scropes Range in November 1860. He visited this place during his first botanical excursion. Wills called this spot ‘The Gap’. [watercolour painting]

Hermann Beckler, 'View of a distant range of mountains, seen from Gogirga hills'. Picture Collection, H16486. Beckler painted this watercolour scene of Bilpa in the Scrapes Range in November 1860. He visited this place during his first botanical excursion. Wills called this spot 'The Gap'.