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[Re: Specimens from the Zoological Gardens, South Perth]

Record no:

2306

Author:

Ride, W. D. L. (William David Lindsay), 1926-2011 ; Zoological Gardens (South Perth, W.A.) ; Bancroft, H.

Year:

08/07/1958

Description:

1 p.

Subject:

Zoological specimens - Collection and preservation;

Notes:

See: File A737-71-2 Natural Science - Loans 1932 - October 1958
SeeAlso: A737-71-2-79 [Re: Specimens from the Zoological Gardens, South Perth]

Type:

Archives

Abstract:

Letter from H. Bancroft The Managing Secretary, Zoological Gardens Board, Perth to Dr. Ride, Director West Australian Museum.In relation to your proposed visit to the Hamersley Ranges, we would appreciated your cooperation in obtaining specimens for

the Zoological Gardens.The Board would meet transport and associated costs.Carcasses of exotic fauna fron the Zoo will be offered to the Museum following autopsy.

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

[Letter to Glauert from Mr. R. A. Groves, c/o Post Office, Dukin, enquiring as to the names of snakes he has killed and collected]

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

[Miss Janet Adams, Head teacher, Government School, Chorkerup WA, writing to Glauert seeking help for her students to set up a small natural history museum]

[Glauert replies to Miss Janet Adams' (Head teacher, Government School, Chorkerup, WA) correspondence of 9 March 1936]

[Janet Adams replies to Glauert's return correspondence of 31 March 1936 thanking him for his interest in Chorkerup Government School setting up their natural history museum]

[Stan Archer, a student at Chorkerup Government School, writes to thank Glauert for the insect book he has sent them and for his help in setting up their natural history museum]

[Janet Adams writes to Glauert seeking advice about a preserved Mundarda (Cercartetus concinnus) and its young and whether it should be sent to the Institute of Pathology in Canberra]