print email comment close Most Curious and Peculiar: Women Taxidermists in Colonial Sydney URL: http://www.usyd.edu.au/museums/whatson/exhibitions/ctaxidex.shtml Description: Essay related to a past exhibition that "follows the careers of Jane Tost and her daughter Ada Rohu, two professional taxidermists who worked in Sydney [Australia] between 1856 and 1900." Describes the careers of the two women, taxidermy and natural history during the Victorian period, and women's role in taxidermy in Australia. Includes a few images. From the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. Publisher: The University of Sydney LII Database Information: Record 24655 created by Jennifer English on 10/08/2007 Last modification on 10/08/2007 Published: 10/10/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24655