FOX-GRE, 24 June 1833-19 October 1917

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File Volume 13

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ff.143-144 J. Gillies (Edinburgh) to Owen; Departure for Tasmania; seeks instructions about platypus. [20 Sept 1856]

ff.145-146 J. Gillies (London) to Owen; Sends box of moa bones found in Middle Island of New Zealand.[n.d.]

ff.147-152 W. Gipps (Mundooran) to Owen; Collecting of fossils; geological features; Rev. W.B. Clarke; hopes to join surveying party. [03 Dec 1874]

ff.186-188 J. Goodsir (Edinburgh) to Owen; Application of H.S. Wilson for position of Conservator of Museum at Sydney University. [13 Dec 1861]

f.208 F.R. Gore to Owen; Book required by H.G. Douglass of Sydney. [26 Nov 1849]

f.214 J. Gould to Owen; Identifies bird from Sandwich Islands. [11 Oct 1853]

f.215 J. Gould to Owen; Drawing of Neomorpha gouldi in Birds of Australia.[Feb 28]

ff.216-217 J. Gould to Owen; Details of Australian and New Zealand birds.[n.d.]

ff.228-235 J.R. Gower to Owen; Discovery of moa bones at Waikawaite by W. Wakefield; despatch of bones; paper by Owen on moa. (7 letters) [1845-1848]

ff.249-250 J. Grant (Launceston) to Owen; Sends two Tasmanian wolves in brine; publications of Owen; Grant's work as field naturalist in Tasmania for 30 years. [23 March 1864]

ff.385-386 A. Greeves (Melbourne) to Owen; Sends reptiles, insects and shells; statements by Indigenous Australians confirm that platypus is oviparous.[12 July 1843]

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