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W.A. Museum letters to J. T. Tunney, 1905-1906. Letter book 10L.
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10 July 1905-8 May 1906
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See: Letter book 10L, 1905-1906, for letters to or mentioning Tunney in letters sent by Bernard Woodward. [kept Archives room (Bay 5)]

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> 10 Jul. 1905.
P. 19 To Tunney at Gracefield, Kojonup about Irma, Sminthopsis, congratulations on new rock wallaby from the Islands, send details of trip and costs for further exploration of Islands.

> 19 Aug.1905.

P.85 To Tunney at Gracefield, send 2 or 3 skins with skulls of Ring-tailed Opossum entire to set up a skeleton ; M. wallaroo in Islands?

> 28 Aug. 1905.
P.104 To Oldfield Thomas at British Museum: received from Rowland Ward a case of 4 Macropus eugenii and 6 skins of Petrogale from Moudrain Island, King George's Sound ; your letter acknowledges "8 small kangaroos including new wallaby collected by J. T. Tunney from Islands from S. W. Islands, I asked to have it named for Hackett, Chairman of Committee.

> 4 Oct. 1905.
P.147 To Tunney at Cranbrook, Committee approved 200 pounds for South Coast Islands expedition. Le Souef asks about Macropus robustus found in South-West between Kojonup and caves district.

> 11 Oct. 1905.
P.163 List of skins sent to Mobius per Dr. Hartmeyer, includes some probably collected by Tunney.

> 27 Oct. 1905.
P.199 To Tunney at Gracefield, Hartmeyer & Michaelsen gone to Sydney, hope to see them at Fremantle in November, send any particulars before then.

> 9 Nov. 1905.
P.227 To Hartmeyer : Tunney has asked for 2 pounds, 3 shillings for some birds and mice, + 10 shillings for a black opossum skin.

> 29 Nov. 1905.
P.259 To Rothschild, a photograph of some live kangaroos from the north-west which are going on the S.S. Kent, Tunney's skins of the new rock wallaby, Petrogale lateralis through Oldfield Thomas and some skins not in good condition from the rainy season in the islands.

> 20 Dec. 1905.
P.290 To Rothschild copy of letter from Tunney: female Macropus bernardus fur and colour is very different from male.

> 21 Dec 1905.
P.295 To Tunney, sent letter to Rothschild about Macropus bernardus, postal orders sent to you not received so P.O. will investigate.

> 10 Jan. 1906.
P. (?) To Under treasurer requesting gun licences.

> 17 Jan. 1906.
P. 324 To Chairman of Museum committee about Tunney's visits to Islands of South-West formerly agreed upon.

> 19 Jan. 1906.
P.328 To Chairman of Committee, Just heard from Tunney, all arrangements for the South Coast expedition were made last September, will take 4 months, if meeting wants change, telegraph him.

> 25 Jan. 1906.
P.349,350 To Prof. Ridgway, Caius College, Cambridge, a list of native weapons some possibly collected by Tunney from Alligator River.

> 6 Mar. 1906.
P.387 To Tunney at P. O. Kojonup, sending 50 pounds + another 50 before the end of the month, your remarks about A. Clamosa.

> 8 Mar. 1906.
P.392, 393 To Wigglesworth, Oak Hill Park Museum, Accrington, England sending list of specimens, including some from Gracefield, Kojonup, to be forwarded by Parcels Post.

> 9 Mar. 1906.
P.396 To Tunney, sending package to Cranbrook, best wishes for success.

> 12 Mar. 1906.
P.401 To Tunney, have sent by rail, case containing arsenic, soap, spirit etc. to Cranbrook as requested.

> 27 Mar. 1906.
P.434 To Tunney in Albany, cartridges forwarded as requested and 2 April another 50 pounds into your account at W. A. Bank.

> 30 Mar. 1906.
P.444 To Oldfield Thomas, sending specimens of black opossums from South West, scarce , difficult to get (Gracefields district).

> 2 Apr. 1906.
P.448 To Oldfield Thomas, British Museum, list of specimens forwarded (Tunney?)

> 8 May, 1906.
P.489 To Tunney, Albany, paid 50 pounds to your account from Committee,
 please send receipt.
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