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Editorial Committee: John Barnes (editor), Sandra Burt (assistant to editor), John Arnold, Shane Carmody, Yvonne Hurley, Wallace Kirsop and Jack Moshakis.

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All photographs in this number of The La Trobe Journal are from the State Library of Victoria unless stated otherwise. Library photography by the photographic section of the State Library.

Front Cover: Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841), ‘Malarus Lamberti’, from The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands, (1837–38).

Back Cover: Elizabeth Gould, ‘Sericornis Humilis, pencil and watercolour wash, unfinished preliminary sketch, H83.224/1, LTF Box /E. Gould, La Trobe Picture Collection.

The art of Elizabeth Gould is discussed by Des Cowley, ‘Women's Work: Illustrating the Natural Wonders of the Colonies’ in this number of The La Trobe Journal.