Rev. Lorimer Fison, 1894-04-30

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File Fison 44.(3)

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(Melbourne) Fison has had an invitation to the British Association meeting at Oxford. He had declined, but 'Spencer' and others are insisting that he goes.

Mention of the philologist Sidney R. Ray, and his knowledge of Melanesian languages.

Mr Fellowes and his researches in New Guinea.

E.B.T.'s paper on the Tasmanians. Did they have hatchets with handles?

Criticism of Westermarch's 'theory'.

The derivation of the word 'beach comber'.

Discoveries of gold and the role of the Banks.

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