BEA-BEN, 1833-1882

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ff.20-21 L. Becker (Melbourne) to Owen; Sends box of natural history specimens for Dr Kaup of Darmstadt; plans to search caves in Tasmania; R. Gunn.[30 May 1855]

ff.22-23 L. Becker to Owen; Despatch of box for Dr Kaup; economy measures of Government hurting science; F. von Mueller; Capt. A. Clarke; ill-treatment of Becker over Paris Exhibition; sketches of Tasmania and Victoria.[1855]

ff.208-371 G. Bennett (Sydney) to Owen, 1833-1882, and his son G.F. Bennett (Toowoomba) to Owen, 1875-1882. (43 letters); Subjects include research on platypus, kangaroo, echidna, cassowarry, dugong; despatch of specimens; new fossil discoveries; inspection of bones of moa; J. Gilbert; establishment of self-government in N.S.W.; visit of Challenger Expedition to Sydney (1874); Owen's work on Australian fossils; Bennett's visit to England (1877-1878); 1879-1880 Sydney Exhibition; requests for publications; financial difficulties. Includes photograph of G. Bennett.(1877),[1833-1882]

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