Monte Bello Expedition (1952), 1952-1956

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File 213/50-51
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Correspondence, BM(NH) memoranda, reports, map re collecting flora and fauna on Monte Bello Islands by ships company of HMS Campania under supervision of Surgeon Commander G Wedd during Atomic Bomb Tests.

1952-1956 (263pp) and 1954 (10pp)

Correspondents include: HW Parker (BM(NH)); PD Gordon Pugh (London and HMS Narvik in Australian waters); Frank Hill (Bromley); GW Wedd (Gosport and HMS Campania); L Glauert (Perth); AG Fraser (Perth); WA Lorking (Sydney).

Subjects include: Monte Bello reptiles; venomous species; report on flora and fauna; specimens collected; collecting by FH Hill at Woomera Range; problems of exporting specimens from Australia; BM(NH) desiderata from Central Australia; analysis of rock and sand samples; exhibition of Monte Bello specimens at BM(NH) - fishes and birds from Monte Bello Islands; collecting expeditions from Campania to the Islands; possible uniqueness of Monte Bello Island species; Churchill's statement in Parliament that Monte Bello Islands have very little animal or bird life; other Monte Bello Island surveys, claim on Monte Bello specimens by CSIRO.

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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