Australian Mammals – Elizabeth Cogley

Spotted Quoll - Mixed Media (Pastel, Acrylic Paint & Pencil).

Approx 51.5 x 35.5cm.

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Eastern Barred Bandicoots. Mixed media on illustration board. Approx A2 in size.

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot was considered extinct on the Mainland of Australia. However, some have recently been discovered in Hamilton Victoria, sheltering under car wreckage in a tip. Zoos Victoria coordinates a captive breeding program and works closely with the recovery team, to bring the species back from the brink.

The Eastern Barred Bandicoots, in this painting, are from Tasmania, where they are listed as ‘requiring monitoring’ on the Tasmanian Threatened Species List 1995. Nationally, the Eastern Barred Bandicoot is classified as vulnerable. So far it is believed that foxes have not reached Tasmania and they are working hard to keep it this way. Another threat to the Bandicoot is loss of habitat, which is critical to any creature’s survival and so it is important for me to include habitat in my work. Also, I do love to paint it.

Top of The Rock - Brushtail Rock Wallaby

42 x 37 cm or 16.5" x 14.5"
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Winnie and Smokey Play Fighting

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Winnie and Smokey - Kangaroo Ground
Eastern Grey Kangaroos

58.5 x 43cm

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Ginti - Western Gray Kangaroo

Medium - Graphite 35cm x 25cm

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Victoria's Magical Little Emblem - Leadbeaters Possums

Mixed Media 35 x 57 cm - 14" x 22.5"
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The Leadbeater's Possum is Victoria's State Faunal emblem. It is an endangered species which is only found in Victoria. The Leadbeater's population, before the fires of 2009, numbered between 2,000 and 2,500 individuals.

Now, after the fires, there are estimated to be less than 1,000.

The "Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum organisation was
established in 2004. It's aim is to give a voice this beautiful
and shy animal. There are many issues impacting the
Leadbeater's Possum survival. Some of these include timber
harvesting, bushfire and methods used for bushfire prevention.

Find out more on the 'Help Save the Leadbeater's Possum' web site

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'Elma' Brushtailed Possum

100cm x 36cm
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Merlot Cooper and Alice
(Eastern Grey Kangaroos and Swamp Wallaby)

Pencil 22 x 33cm
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My Hollow, My Home - Brushtailed Possum

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On The Rocks - Brushtail Rock Wallabies

90cm x 65 cm 35" x25.5"
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Finalist in the South Australian Museum THE WATERHOUSE
natural history ART PRIZE Inaugural Exhibition.

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Southern Brown Bandicoot

Pencil on Illustration Board Image Size A3
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Squirrel Gliders

Size 51 x 43 cm
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Leadbeaters Possum " Cool & Misty"

40 x 52.5 cm or 15.5 x 20.5 "
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The Leadbeater's Possum is Victoria's State Faunal emblem. It is an endangered species which is only found in Victoria. The Leadbeater's population, before the fires of 2009, numbered between 2,000 and 2,500 individuals.

Now, after the fires, there are estimated to be less than 1,000.

The "Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum organisation was established in 2004. It's aim is to give a voice this beautiful and shy animal. There are many issues impacting the Leadbeater's Possum survival. Some of these include timber harvesting, bushfire and methods used for bushfire prevention.

Find out more on the 'Help Save the Leadbeater's Possum' web site

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Koalas "Reaching Out"

61 cm x 51 cm or 24" x 20"
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Awarded the 2002 Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Inc. - Ken Simpson & Zoe Wilson Award for Australian Fauna in its Natural Habitat (two dimensional)

Koala - Gentle Breeze

39 x 53 cm or 15.5" x 20.5"
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Hildie's Return - Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Mixed Media (pastel,acrylic paint,charchoal,watercolour and pencil) 71 x 100 cm
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This is Hildie, an Eastern Grey Kangaroo. She was an orphan
found in Hildebrand Road 14 years ago. She was raised by
Stella and Alan and released at their property, Wildhaven,
St Andrews,Victoria.

This is Hildie returning to Wildhaven seven days after the fires of
February 7th 2009.

The charcoal on the trees is actual charcoal taken from the fires of St Andrews. Hildie was one of two kangaroos that survived the fires in St Andrews in which thousands of others perished.

Stella Reid contributed some reference material for this painting.

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Erin's Home - Greater Glider

52 x 88 cm or 20.5" x 34.5"
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The greater glider is a marsupial possum and is closely related to the lemuroid ringtail possum. The greater glider has a flap of skin along each side as does the lemuroid, but this skin has evolved into an expandable membrane that allows it to glide. It is the longest glider in the world with a head and body length of up to 45cm and a non prehensile tail length of about 60cm. It can glide for up to 100 meters and turn in mid-glide. Their fur may be gray, dark brown or white. It inhabits the canopy of the tall eucalypt forests of the east coast of Australia and feeds on eucalypt leaves and buds and rests in high tree hollows during the day.

Erin was rescued by a wildlife carer. She had fallen onto a roof and broken her tail. Eventually her tail had to be removed but she recovered and was released back into the wild.

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