Lilian Medland has not received, until now, the recognition she deserves as a painter of birds. Due to world events and circumstances, five important books on birds containing her superb illustrations were never published. Even now, she is not mentioned in the Australian Dictionary of Biography in her own right, but only in the entry for her husband, ornithologist Tom Iredale. 

Seen but Not Heard is the first publication to shine a light on the life and work of this much-overlooked, but brilliant Australian natural history artist.