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Painting of Tasmanian birds, by Alfred May, otherwise known as Alf, who was the son of William May and lived most of his life on the property at Sandford to which he came with his family in 1874. The orchard on the property enjoyed a very good reputation, successfully exporting to London. Alf contributed to the hard work this entailed. He still found time to devote himself to other pursuits and discovered a very real artistic talent as can be seen in the examples of his bird paintings. Private Collection.

Item Type:	Other
Authors/Creators:	May, Alfred
Keywords:	Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Tasmania, religious history, social history, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, VDL, William May, Alfred May, Forest Hill, Sandford, Tasmanian birds, paintings, Blue Wren, Superb Fairy-Wren, Scarlet Robin, Spotted Pardalote, Beautiful Firetail, Eastern Spinebill
Publisher:	University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection
Collections:	Quaker Collection Photograph Collection
Additional Information:	This material is subject to copyright protection. Further dealings with this material may be a copyright infringement.
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