Dr Heather Dalton

Honorary Research Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Arts & Culture

How did a cockatoo reach 13th century Sicily?

Images of a cockatoo in Frederick II of Sicily’s falconry book reveal how trade routes around Australia’s north were flourishing as far back as medieval times

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