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[Letter re: identification of death adder snake from Onslow customs officer]

Record no:

2021

Author:

Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916 ; Fettbach, W.

Year:

15 February 1909

Description:

1 p.

Subject:

Snakes - Western Australia;

Notes:

Marked 169 in blue crayon.
Handwritten and in good condition.
See: A220-75-2 Natural science - Enquiries and requests. 1907 - 1911

Type:

Archives

Abstract:

Letter from W. Fettbach, Onslow customs officer to Mr Woodward explaining purpose of parcel sent to the Museum containing a snake in a bottle. Fettbach requests that the snake be identified. If it should be a death or deaf adder please return it so that

it may be used at the local school for teaching purposes.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Archives room			On Shelf

[Glauert is replying to correspondence from Mr. R. A. Groves, c/o Post Office, Dukin, of 7 February 1936]

[Letter from Mr. H. Matthews, Head Teacher, Government School, Nukarni WA to Glauert seeking information on snakes and a beetle]

[Glauert returns Matthews' corrsepondence of 28 February 1936 with answers to his enquiries about snakes and a beetle]

[Matthews responds to Glauert's correspondence of 4 March 1936, thanking him for information about snakes and a beetle, and accepting his offer of a killing bottle]

[Glauert replies to Matthews' correspondence of 11 March 1936, informing him that a killing bottle has been sent to the school]

[Jessup writes to Glauert describing two snakes he has caught and the localities where he found them]

[Glauert returns Jessup's correspondence of 6 April 2016, noting that neither locality is common for the snakes mentioned]

[Re: Sending specimen]

[Letter describing unidentified snake]