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[Letter requesting wide-ranging information of fauna, especially snakes, in south-west of WA]

Record no:

2239

Author:

Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916 ; Purdie, Alexander, 1859-1905

Year:

18th May 1904

Description:

1 p.

Subject:

Zoology - Western Australia, Southwestern;
Snakes - Western Australia, Southwestern;

Notes:

Marked 86 in blue crayon.
On Perth Technical School letterhead.
See: A220-75-1 Natural science - Enquiries and requests. 1895-1906

Type:

Archives

Abstract:

Letter from Alex Purdie, Perth Technical School to Bernard Henry Woodward Esq., Museum & Public Gallery, Perth.Letter requests a comparison of the mammals, frogs and especially snakes in the south west of western Australia to those of the south east of

Victoria.

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