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NRS906_SZ8 Images 001 and 015 PP King bartering between Aborigines of King George Sound and crew of 'Bathurst'

Field notes Digitising King George’s Sound

In 1822, King visited KGS during his circumnavigation of Australia. These document contain his impressions of the Mineng people.

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City of Hawthorn Minutes 1894

Field notes Boroondara Library Service

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Museum Catalogue #6A: UWA9267 - UWA10421

Field notes University of Western Australia Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum

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Flora of Britain and Ireland: Puccinellia

Specimens Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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North Illawarra Council 1910

Field notes Wollongong City Libraries

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KI Dunnart Survey: 159 Gosse Lands Region - Jun 2021

Camera Traps South Australia Department for Environment and Water - Kangaroo Island Fire Recovery

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North Illawarra Council 1912

Field notes Wollongong City Libraries

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NRS-977-4_3766 Images 023 to 073. Copies of letters to King George’s Sound

Field notes Digitising King George’s Sound

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Specimens New Zealand Arthropod Collection

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Museum Catalogue #4B: UWA7050 - UWA8200

Field notes University of Western Australia Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum

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Municipal District of Kew Minutes 1902

Field notes Boroondara Library Service

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Municipal District of Kew Minutes 1901

Field notes Boroondara Library Service

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NRS906_SZ8 Images 001 and 015 PP King bartering between Aborigines of King George Sound and crew of 'Bathurst'

Field notes Digitising King George’s Sound

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North Illawarra Council 1911

Field notes Wollongong City Libraries

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City of Hawthorn Minutes 1893

Field notes Boroondara Library Service

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KI Dunnart Survey: 158 Cape Gantheaume Region - Aug 2021 (Part 2)

Camera Traps South Australia Department for Environment and Water - Kangaroo Island Fire Recovery

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KI Dunnart Survey: 157 Cape Gantheaume Region - Aug 2021 (Part 1)

Camera Traps South Australia Department for Environment and Water - Kangaroo Island Fire Recovery

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Museum Catalogue #4A: UWA5994 - UWA7049

Field notes University of Western Australia Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum

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Kew’s Heteropogon Specimens of the World

Specimens Royal Botanic Gardens - Kew

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Newcastle Earthquake 4

Specimens Geoscience Australia Collections

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William Brewster Correspondence. Daniel Chester French to Brewster (1865-1919)

Field notes Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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Specimens Natural History Museum of Utah - Garrett Herbarium

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NRS906_SZ7 KING GEORGE'S SOUND - Explored by P P King and Allan Cunningham in 'Mermaid' and 'Bathurst'

Field notes Digitising King George’s Sound

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