OWE-PRI, 10 May 1833-29 October 1886

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File Volume 21

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f.26a Owen to Count Paul Strzelecki; Claims of Strzelecki to be first scientific discoverer of gold in Australia. (photocopy) [19 May 1856]

f.135a J. Parker (Admiralty) to Owen; Appointment of T.H. Huxley as additional assistant surgeon to prepare for publication materials collected on H.M.S. Rattlesnake.[29 Nov 1850]

f.155 S.R. Pattison to Owen; Offers head and parts of Tasmanian Indigenous Australian procured by Dr Sibbald of H.M.S. Fly.[15 May 1854]

ff.219-220 J.B. Pentland (Paris) to W. Clift; Prof. G. St Hilaire seeks information about platypus containing eggs sent to England. [10 May 1833]

ff.317-318 J. Phillips (Oxford) to Owen; British Association discourse on fossil quadrupeds of Australia. [07 Aug 1858]

ff.339-340 W.H. Pickett (Tring) to Owen; Wishes to purchase skins of Australian animals. [Oct 26]

ff.352-354 G.S. Pilcher (Rockhampton) to Owen; Sends fossils and skull of animal found at Coopers Creek. [12 Aug 1881]

ff.355-356 G.S. Pilcher to Owen; Sends letter on caves at Carcoa; seeks appointment at Fiji. [11 Oct 1876]

ff.364-384 S.R. Pittard (Sydney) to Owen; Arrival in Australia; Australian Museum; introduces Sir Daniel Cooper; despatch of fossils and casts; prosperity of Sydney; Sir William Denison; increase in salary; W.S. Macleay. (4 letters and printed papers and cuttings on death of Pittard (Aug. 1861) and fund for his widow) [1860-1861

ff.455-457 D.S. Price to Owen; Hopes to acquire moa bones from British Museum. [29 Aug 1863]

ff.458-459 D.S. Price to Owen; Account of discovery of moa bones; fossils sent by friend in Queensland. [08 June 1865]

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