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W.A. Museum letters to J. T. Tunney, 1900-1901. Letter book 5L.
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10 July 1900-29 March 1901
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See: Letter book 5L, 1900-1901 for letters sent by Bernard Woodward to Tunney or mentioning his work [kept Archives room (Bay 5)]
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10th July, 1900, 1 p.
P.5 From Woodward to Tunney: ps. case of specimens arrived on 29th., box of lice on 26th and a swan.

25 July,1900 1p.
P.37 From Tunney to Woodward(?) about a myrmea... (anteater?)

29 July, 1900 1 p.

P.40 From Woodward to Tunney in Wagin (?)Please .....receipt forms. I hope you get as many of the birds as required by the Museum of South Australia.

13 Aug. 1 p.
P.42 From Woodward to Tunney: Can you get specimens of ?,1 Aug1900 P.m Woodward to Tunney at Post Office, B.....ton?,

1 Oct. 1 p.
P.108 From Woodward to Tunney in Onslow,
Telegram 1: Wire immediately what missing boxes were booked as reply urgent;
Telegram 2: Next boat leaves thirteenth specify exactly what you want reordered,

2 Oct., 5 Oct., 3 p.
P.109, 110,111, Telegrams from Woodward to Adelaide Steamship Co. about Tunney's lost cases.

9 Oct., 1 p.
P.120 From Woodward to Tunney: Shipping cases turned up. If you get any smaller birds...specimens of each in spirits so that we may be able to... it.
 
25 Oct. 1 p.
>P.138 From Woodward to Adelaide Steamship Co. Please forward to me  the 2 boxes from J.T.Tunney.

13 Dec., 1900, 2 p.
P.214, 215 From Woodward to Tunney on Barrow Island: Received box containing kangaroos etc., receipts, bank, flax packing. Hope you will send rock wallabies next. Maitland is pleased about rock samples, you are going to Exmouth for a Dugong, I would like some skins and a whole skeleton. The Committee wants you to go to Marble Bar as Dr Belgrave says there are small animals there, stop on way to get birds as many are not in the museum. Hope you get a good set of emus for Rothschild as well as for us, get clutches of eggs too. Get any native weapons, implements, spear-heads, tomahawks, boxes of flint. If you have to pay, authorised up to 10 pounds.

 26 Jan. 1901, 1 p.
P.276 From Woodward to Tunney at Onslow enclosing letters and bank details.

25 Feb.1p.
P.314 From Woodward to Tunney at Onslow, details about funds, sympathy for illness, asks for list of gear and valuation, received 4 specimens of new bird Eremiornis carteri, and others may be new. How about dugongs ? Did you take any pictures of Barrow Island?

13 Mar. 1 p.
P.331 From Woodward to Tunney in Roebourne sent a parcel, insect box + pins, letter sent to you at Onslow only a circular.

14 Mar. 1901, 1 p.
P.335 From Woodward to Tunney in Roebourne, telegram: Please get duplicates of all birds you see, especially small birds, I want 8 full grown emus and several young ones.

15 Mar. 1 p.
P. 338 From Woodward to Tunney in Roebourne, telegram: Arrange to visit any islands off the coast, possible echidnas, we want duplicates of everything, Malurus Barrow Island quite new and small brown birds.

P.360 From Woodward to Tunney at Nullagine: banking details, 3 bones missing from last kangaroo, the wren from Barrow Island is an entirely new species, Malurus edwardi and the bush lark mis a new species, hope to get some Lophophaps ferruginia. Rothschild wants you to get moths of the Cossidae and Hepialidae classes, the crysalids are found in the branches of the big trees, Cossidae moths sitting on them are large grey and brown resembling lichens, varying from 8 to 10 inches, get as many as you can as there are many species.
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