Very early depiction of Cygnus atratus, given the title "Black Swan", native name "Mulgo"
Date [between 1788 and 1792]
Source from the First Fleet Artwork Collection at The Natural History Museum, London here
Author The drawing is unsigned and undated, but was published in London in 1792 (see note below). Attribution is given the term Port Jackson Painter.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cygnus_atratus_%22Mulgo%22.jpeg
The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Black swans are large birds with mostly black plumage and red bills. The black swan is common in the wetlands of southwestern and eastern Australia and adjacent coastal islands. |
