Papers of Roy Bell. 1912-1915.

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Papers of Roy Bell. 1912-1915.

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The collection includes letters from Bell dated 1912-1914 to Tom Iredale in the Bird Dept. of the British Museum; Bell's Norfolk Island diary (358 handwritten pages) dated July 1912 - July 1913 and his Lord Howe Island diary dated July 1913 - August 1914. Includes collection notes from Eden, Gipplsand lakes, Mallacoota, Port Fairy and Tullaberga Island. Contains biographical information, meteorological reports, a description of whale killing at Eden, salvage operations from the ship 'Monumental City' off Tullaberga Island, Vic, and photographs. A description of the collection is located in folder 1.

28 cm. (2 boxes)

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7040058

Libraries Australia

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Bell, Roy, 1882-1966

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Roy Bell (Raoul Sunday Bell) was a pioneer naturalist and collector in several parts of the South Pacific and Australia. He collected shells from Sunday Island (the place of his birth), and observed, investigated and recorded the bird life of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands for G.M. Mathews. He forwarded specimens of shells, bird skins, birds preserved in spirit, eggs and insects to Tom Iredale at the British Museum. He surveyed the molluscan fauna of Eden and Twofold Bay, N.S.W.; and investigated...

Mathews, Gregory M. (Gregory Macalister), 1876-1949

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Ornithologist and book collector. Author of the monumental Birds of Australia (London, 1910-27). From the description of Papers relating to vol. VIII of the United States Exploring Expedition. 1921-1929. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222109179 From the description of Papers of Gregory M. Mathews. 1900-1949. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 220211474 ...

Iredale, Tom, 1880-1972

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