Overview
Two hundred and fifty years ago the iconic silver fern first represented our country. However it wasn't on any sports shirt or flag.
Te Papa Collection Object
Silver fern, Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
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Publications & topics (7)
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Banks and Solander specimens
Specimens from James Cook's first expedition to New Zealand.
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Biography of Daniel Solander
Off the south-western corner of the South Island is Solander Island. Its name is a small reminder…
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Biography of Joseph Banks
When Joseph Banks proposed to take a scientific party on James Cook's first voyage of discovery,…
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Banks' Florilegium
Two hundred years after the project was started, Joseph Banks' collection of coloured botanical…
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The Endeavour and Captain Cook's first voyage (25 Aug 1768-12 Jul 1771)
This model of the Endeavour was built from the original ship's plans. It is an exact replica, even…
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Te Papa's plant collection
Te Papa's botany section maintains a herbarium of about 230,000 dried plant specimens including…
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Tales from Te Papa: Natural Sciences episodes
Episodes of Tales from Te Papa relating to the Natural Environment collections.
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