W.A. Notebook No. 1: Oct 1957.
Pilbara district and journey south along coastal highway.

> 12 Oct. 1957. Flew to Marble Bar from Perth by air. Francis Ratcliffe in aircraft. Marble Bar 106* at 1400 hrs.
Trip from Marble Bar to Bamboo Creek with A. Douglas, Landrover. M. robustus shot 2 miles W. of homestead on Talga station. Spinifex flat. Sitting, did not attempt to move. male, H.F. 24.7 cms., total length (. 311 cms.[R.I.] 21 lbs.
Phascogales seen at Bamboo Creek on arrival [late dusk in headlights]
[Brushy tail - appeared to be size of P. pencillata]
10pm. - 2400. Visited cave mine with Athol D. entered middle drive. 3 specimens of  Taphosous seen in upper drive. These were not copulating. No specimen of Vespadelus seen. No Macroderma seen. Two piles of Macroderma droppings seen. Average depth of droppings 3 inches to 6 inches. Approx 3 ft wide. Surface droppings contained no feathers seen on surface. 1 dried out skeleton of young Macroderma [No.D.1.] on surface. Surface samples previously collected by A.D..
A.D. mentioned that prey was brought into roost when young are present which they are not at this time of year.  A subsurface sample was taken [D.2] to check this.
The cave was infested with large black wingless cockroaches which appeared to be associated with the Macroderma droppings. These were collected [D3. specimen] There were no specimens seen of the Terrebrionical beetle Pterobeloeus which A. D. had seen in Nov. and Jan. but not in this particular cave.
Large spiders seen, red eyes in torchlight, leg span up to 5" approx. Peculiar droppings collected D4.
"Exploratory adit" at Bamboo Creek. Droppings of Macroderma and small droppings possibly V. pumilis. 3 specimens of V. pumilis seen in cave. No Macroderma seen in cave. Peculiar droppings seen and not collected, same as D.4. Macropus shell collected D.11.

> 13th Oct. 1957 - 300hrs. 100*F.
"Exploratory Adit" Bamboo Creek. netted and collected.
No Macroderma, 5 Taphosus, 3 collected all m.[D5,6,7]
Cave also contained Vespadelus 3 collected 1 f., 2 m. [D8,9,10]
Rock wallaby skull collected from skeleton[D12] at MacCallum's house (a driller) Bamboo Creek.
"Prophecy West" Bamboo Creek. Adit inhabited by Taphozous and numerous Vespadelus. 1 Taphozous taken [D13] and small lizard[D14]. Few Macroderma droppings and cockroaches (latter put in with D.13).
"Cave Mine" lowest level.
No Macroderma.  2 Vespadelus & 3 Taphozus but more collected.
3 mummified Macroderma collected from under surface of pile of Macroderma droppings and 1 small bat lying on surface of pile slightly covered by Macroderma droppings [D15]. The specimen appeared to be fresh. 1 rodent tail [D16] in pile of droppings, 2 cockroaches associated with Macroderma droppings.
Left Bamboo Creek 15.30 hrs.
2 m. west of Bamboo Creek male euro shot Ride HF25.2, overall 149.5, Spinifex Hills, did not attempt to move off, sitting [R2].
[Douglas had collected previously Hyla sp. at Green Pool, Little de Grey R. 10 m. N.E. of Bamboo Creek, nr Marble Bar - natural included in this collection]

> 14th Oct. 1957
Mines Office Marble Bar Mus H & B 7.6 mm. [R3] T8.3, HF 1.79 poisoned in Mines office.
1330 hrs 110*F ;1530 hrs. arrived at Klondyke Queen Mine, Warrawoona 17 m. E of Marble Bar. Temp. 102*F. Decided not to disturb the bats until following morning.

> 15 Oct 1957 -05.30 hrs. 60*F, 06.00 hrs. 65*F.
Entered KQ 6.30.
Macroderma disturbed by erection of nets and 3 captured alive 4 dead [Douglas using squash raquet effectively in adit] also 1 Tychozus and 1 Vespadelus. These two were the only specimens seen of non-Macroderma bats. Douglas estimates numbers of Macroderma in mine at vicinity of 100. I saw about 12 at one time, i.e. lowest possible number 12. Probably about 70 specimens seen in all. dead Macroderma injected and placed in spirit. Living specimens will be brought back to Perth. Vespadelus & Typhozous injected and placed in bag and dated. Specimens of droppings taken and Pterohelaeus and larvae. 1 extra beetle found at net which might be escape, so placed in spirit with Bamboo Creek cockroaches.
Also in bag are the pellets which were found in cave ; two of them in a vertical Echidna - like shape. 1 quill found in a pile of Macroderma droppings. Left K.Q. at 09.15 hrs 91*F
Road to Copper Hill., 12.00hrs 99*F. Arrived Woodstock Station 1900 hrs.

> 16 Oct 1957 - Woodstock Stn.
10.00 hrs. Taken by Tim Ealey & Francis Ratcliffe to see Thalaconey's lagotis diggings (photographed). Next moved to small stone piles made by a small rodent. These are about 4-6 ft across and consist of small stones collected from the area (photographed).
To Eagle 11 granite. Found Macroderma droppings (collected), Taphozous seen. Diggings of some small mammal. Many Euros. Highly polished Petrogale rocks and Petrogale-type droppings. A number of small lizards collected, shot with .22 among spinifex on flat [D16, 17, 18, 19].
 Recommendation: F. S. Bodenheimer, Hebrew University Jerusalem, The Ecology of Mammals in Arid Zones, in "Human and Animal Ecology".
14.15 hrs left Woodstock on road to Abydos Stn. 14.45 104*F.
1/2 mile beyond Abydos Station small Varanus collected on spinifex flat. Shot Douglas [D20].
Turner River about 12 mles beyond Abydos. Brown-winged wren shot in dry river bed [D21]
15.15hrs. River 30 miles beyond Abydos Stint [D22] solitary wading in permanent pool, shot. Also small fish [D23] shot by concussion with .22 hollow-nosed Water fish. Fish moving around in schools in about 6 inches of water. Rushes surrounding pool growing in water.
62 miles beyond Abydos 3 small parrots about 6 inches long. Steel blue above and a flash of red underneath when taking off. Seen on spinifex plain.1920 hrs. One of our Macrodermas found dead. Skinned. other two not at all happy. Pectoral muscles of stint placed in cage with them. Their feet are in a bad state from hanging onto the jolting cage in the moving Landrover. Skull of skinned macroderma labelled [D24].
Went into Port Hedland and then, after refuelling, out again towards Roebourne on coastal highway. Camped at E. Turner River.

> 17th Oct 1957 - East Turner River 0730 hrs 85*f.
At 06.30 shot small brown bird on bank of dry river. It moved from patch of dry brushwood to patch of dry brushwood along the top of the main bank [D25]. Caught cockroach (Polyzosterias sp.), placed in alcohol. Brown with fawn edges. M. rufus, Plains kangaroos seen in fairly large numbers.
W. Turner River 8911.5 on speedometer, 15 m. w. of Port Hedland.
8945 Woodswallow shot. 76 miles from Roebourne. Flock of them in a small seeding acacia [D26].
8949 Outcrop. Euros (72 m. n.e. of Roebourne) Douglas shot a female [D27]. Examined caves in outcrop for bats but no Macroderma vespadelus present. 11.20 hrs. 1008F, 13.20 hrs. 105*F, 15.00 102* F.
9050 m. M. rufus shot [D28] sheltering under a small tree on dry grass plain. Skinned, very large, many M. rufus seen.
9054 Karratha Stn., 9107 Artifact picked up & skull of M. rufus [D29].

> 18th Oct. 1957
Camped previous night at 9168 which is approx 40 miles east of Onslow.
0745 hrs 728F
Shot male honeyeater solitary in mulga. Area surrounded by mulga scrub [D30]
Large number of termite mounds seen about 20 m. E of Onslow (9194.5)
Photographed. 3 miles N of Onslow, pair of white-backed swallows [D31m] [D32f] shot by A. Douglas. Undulating grass plains.
Onslow 11.45 86*F, 88* F
Minderoo Stn. Ashburton River. Low sandhills timbered with ghost gums, acacia, saltbush and gums.
Shot small finch [D33m]. Gregarious in dead brushwood.
Sandplain with sparse broadleafed mulga. Varanus shot by A. D. [D34] Skull picked up. Macrop ashybrown with black feet, located as above.
Koordanie Stn. 9264 1530 hrs 92*F
[D35] Lizard shot by A.M.D. Mixed broadleafed mulga and acacia with spinifex, red loam.
[D36] shot small male Acanthiza or robin by A.M.D., scrubby plain, acacia (Karara) dominant. Solitary in dry bush.
Yanrey Stn.
Spinifex and broad-leafed mulga, sandplain lizard shot [D37]took refuge in hole.
Wolf spider found on side of road 19.50hrs, mixed mulga.

> 19th Oct 1957
67 miles N of Carnarvon. Rhytidoponera and trapdoor spider [D30] collected by Douglas. Red soil on Mulga.
Yalobia Stn. 56 m. to Carnarvon, 0700 hrs. 78*F
[D40] f. M. rufus shot young m. in pouch [D40] Also one at heel but not collected, Length 76" 173 cm.
[D41] Acanthiza shot by Douglas in m. Mulga scrub, red soil, Acanthiza in pairs. Rain 0825 hrs.
52 m. N of Carnarvon. [D42] f. M. rufus and young F. at heel [D43] shot in mulga. f.42 was lactating. Stopped.
Mixed acacia and sparse scrub. Small dove [D44] and honeyeater [D45] shot by A.M.D. 24 m. N. of Carnarvon. Carnarvon. Discovered that belt with knife & compass lost, probably left at 461. Turned back, Carnarvon turnoff, found knife, 29 m. to Carnarvon, 15.40 hrs. 84*F, 15.20hrs,
600 milepost to Perth.
Douglas shot Demansia saltbush plain. Tank no. 2.
Wooramel River Bridge, 17.30 hrs, 73*F
Breakaways. Collected rock sample, apparently limestone.
Woodleigh Stn. turnoff.
Just before No. 4 tank m. M. rufus, shot [D47] overall 72" 178cm. Mulga.
Stopped at Overlander Cafe for meal. Friendly people. Owner claims to be Ex Long Range Desert Group. Offered to take collecting tank.
Address : Mr. S. St. John, The Overlander, Hamelin Pool, Roadside Mail, via Geraldton.
m. rufus shot [D48] overall 7ft 7".
Mulga. Eucalypts begin. Decided to drive all night.

> 20th Oct 1957 - 0325 hrs 66*F, Murchison River.
Euro seen north of the Murchison, F. grey, seen south of Geraldton.
Darling Ranges 1330 68*F.
 
> 15th December 1957
Trip to Fossil site on Ederga River nr Gullewa.
A. R. Main had previously found a fossil vertebra in the bed of the dry river.
Party:
A. R. Main
V. N. Serventy
W. D. L. Ride
Speedo at 6 Florence Rd. Nedlands. 44441 whole miles.
Causeway 0540 hrs 70*F.
Rabbit dead on road
"     "   "   0805 hrs.. Had breakfast at Main's opal hill.
Fox dead on road 0840 hrs, kestrel feeding on carcass.
Miling air temp. 92*F
Dalwallinu 0925
Wubin
102*F )953 Buntine.
Varanus gouldi dead on road,
Sandplain vegetation. Hakea Casuarina Grevillea.
Latham 1020, Caron 1042.
Rabbit (juv.) dead on road. Signs of a large rabbit population, burrows, runs, droppings & fresh ? fox droppings, 11.10 hrs, 107*F. Dust devils.
Koolanooka 11.35, Morawa 11.44. Rabbit dead on road.
Turn off to Gullewa, dirt road off bitumen 12.05 hrs 110*F.
(See Mapsheet H50/2 Zone1 2nd ed1942)
Gullewa Turi Ari Hill (mine). Cross roads take right turn, turn off track obliquely to right along fence just before stock gate 436455.
Well, and then on to well east of this 455454 and then due east of this to cut Salt River at 446454. The sides and approaches are all loose sand and vehicle became bogged down, dug out and walked down to river.
W. bank sloped but E bank cut into deposits. Section at 446454 :
"Sketch of bank of river, weathered and unweathered greenstone."
No sign of invertebrate remains but in the upper sands (loess) there are hollow tubes and cylindrical fillings which appears to be moulds of tree roots and casts of tree roots (specimens collected), gastropods? coxiella.
Walked further north along west bank and here the sands are eroded off right down to the greenstones leaving sea hued rounded pebbles from the gravels all over the erosion surface. Just before this erosion stage is reached the sands are exposed on the upper surface back from the edge with erosion products freely visible. Aboriginal flake found here not worn.
Back at Gullewa mine 1730 hrs, 106*F. Fox  2 cubs seen in spotlight.
Ebano Creek, spent night .

> 16th Dec. 1957
Road between Morawa and Mingenew. Bert says that Permian shales along the green river contain shallow water deposits.
Way into Green River series south of road. 200 yards east of Bushfire sign.
Rabbits in paddocks.
Mingenew Hill. Triassic redbeds, isolated, dated on plant fossils.
Bridge S. of Mingenew.
Sandstone with copper at well on road to Eneabba Creek and Donkeys Creek. First turn-off to right south of Arriano approx. 3 miles S. of Arriano.
Three Springs, Prowaka, Carnamah, Coorow, Watheroo, Gingin.

> 26th February 1958
Perth-Wongan Hills - Perth.
Journey made with R. P. McMillan & Kaye Vollprecht to collect Buprestidae from flowering mallee in the Wongan Hills area.
(Full data in McMillan's notes)
Museum
Midland P. O. 0640hrs. F64*
White necked heron at 0710 hrs standing in pool.
Emu 0720 hrs.
Helen in flight 0755
Piawanning turnoff
0930 Wongan Hills turnoff. 79*F
Walked around at Wongan Hills saw signs of fresh digging of several different types. Collected droppings at one of these scrapes.
Saw hole that is possibly T. lagotis. This area should be surveyed as soon as possible.
No Buprestidae.
Elphin 11.30 hrs.
Wongan Hills turnoff
12.25 Cockroach with light stripes. Found in blackboy.
Highway
Collecting
Main road.
Grey kangaroo dead on roadside, skull destroyed (65 m. to Perth on northern highway). Grey kangaroo dead on roadside skull destroyed.
Juv. magpie dead on road, collected.
Guilford. Town Hall.

> June 5th 1958.
Crossing Nullarbor by Train.
I had heard that there had been rain on the Nullarbor and wanted to see it. I was going to a Unesco conference & travelled by train instead of air.
Left Perth by train for Kalgoorlie.
Very cold night. No heating at all. v. poor train.

> 6th June 1958
0820 hrs arrive Kalgoorlie
0845 hrs leave Kalgoorlie Commonwealth train. Excellent. Warm !!
Both before and after Kalgoorlie
(?) Mulga with mallee-form (?) Salmon gums
10.10 Very little mulga. Saltbush and scattered but larger salmon gums. Sheep grazing.
1100hrs First spinifex seen among mallee & mulga.
1200 hrs Zanthus, spinifex, salmon gums and mallee.
12.30 a gum, both mallee form and larger with a very copper-coloured stem. Others here have salmon upperworks with peeled stems except on lower parts of main stems which are unpeeled, scruffy and rough grey-red.
1240 Buildings (?) Kitchen
1300 Stopped. (no apparent reason - 2 huts on roadside) Spinifex disappeared.
1310 Eucalypts finish
1315 Collection of buildings
1345 6 houses and no name, double line, Naretha.
1405 left Naretha scattered mulga, small grassy vegetation. No saltbush, no spinifex.? Heavily grazed.
1420 Very scattered scrubby bushes, gibbers.
1425 886 mile post
1427 884 mile post
1445 Left Rawlinna - quite a large town by Trans standards
1455 Kestrel hovering
1540 "Grassy plain" stopped at next town (Haig)
1545 Colour exposures. - 1 at 1/100 1 at 1/60
1615 A large number of patches of vivid billiard-table-green. purple flowers, white flowers, bushes with yellow berries.
1620 Puddles of water lying about.
1620 Sun going down.
Advance watch 1 1/2 hrs.

> 7th June 1958
0650 hrs Kingoonya
0809 Wirraminna
All the country here is mulga and saltbush. Before Wirraminna there is very little mulga and appears to be the result of sheep grazing. Occasional bushes and stumps among the saltbush.
0845 Macropus rufus, a grey heron
0915 Pimba
0930 Macropus rufus in groups of 4-6. more than 12. Saltbush with no top cover. Undulating country.
0945 (?) Wirrapen - rounded hills with tendency to breakaway.
1130 Felis on roadside looking at train. Saltbush with considerable mulga. Flat with one high hill with breakaway to the south.
Adelaide - after change of train !
 
> 16th July 1958
The Hamersley Expedition.
The expedition is planned to collect extensively in the area of the Hamersley Range and Roebourne Tableland in the hope of gaining a better understanding of
 the so-called Tovesian Outliers which occur in the area south of the Canning basin.
The party comprises :
Ride leader and
K. M. Buller  Preparation
G. F. Mees Birds & Fish
K. Vollprecht Fish
W. H. Butler Reptiles
Athol Douglas - Mammals
John Mitchell (S. A. Mus.) - Reptiles
R. P. McMillan - Insects
Tony Watson - Insects
& Joan Jacoby - Women's Weekly reporter
10.15 pm. Ken Buller picked up John Mitchell and self in taxi and then on to M.M.A. in Perth
11.45 Met Kaye Vollprecht, Butler, Joan Jacoby (Womens Weekly) and Tony Watson at Airport. Peter Lefroy also on plane. Plane held up by weather & finally took off at approx 01.45 on the 17th.

> 17th July 1958
Geraldton
Carnarvon - dawn. Wittenoom Gorge. Met Athol Douglas  (who with McMillan & Mees had gone up by road in Landrover) who reported that Rover u.s. with worn main brake-cylinder. Off-loaded Butler to travel with Athol to Coolawanyah and took the rest of the party in by air. Arrived Coolawanyah at approx 0945 hrs. Had excellent morning with owner of Coolawanyah - Roy Parsons who showed party over his shearing sheds. Shearing in progress, very good season. Met Ted Parsons and his younger brother Leslie (sns of Roy). Ted runs Hooley Stn. while Les manages Coolawanyah when Roy is in Perth.
Athol turned up at 1300 hrs and we left to go to Millstream Stn.
Many kangaroos and a small wallaby a bit like Petrogale but deep red allover. Surprised - in open country and headed for breakaway. Many rufus & robustus allover the place. Took a Tachyglossus crossing the road. About 12 species of reptiles taken.
Arrioved at Millstream. Met Pixie Gordon (Mrs. Stuart Gordon) Stuart away in Roebourne. Much toil and tribulation in getting things straight. Through by about 20.45hrs Gerlof Mees skinning birds through it all!
[From here on, notes spasmodic because of the considerable pressure involved in running the show and filming. Birds and small mammals have full data with their labels and the notes which follow relate almost entirely to large mammals shot or measured by myself (others recorded by A.M.D.) ; and results of important conversations.]
Mees & Mitchell kept full notes. All mammals numbered in a series "H..." with birds. (List of bird H nos. at end of book).

> 19th July 1958
Evening [H50] f. shot with spotlight. spinifex plains  wt 27lbs, small hairless pouch young L53 1/2 in., T 25 1/4, HF 91/2, E 4in.

> 20th July 1958
(All specs. shot night of 19/7)
[H62]f. wt 38 lbs. L 571/2 in., T 273/4, HF 91/2, E 4 1/4
[H63] m. wt 49 lbs, L631/2 in., T 29 3/4 in., HF11 3/4, E 51/2in.
[H64] f., more than 75 lbs, L671/2in, T32in, HF53/4 in., E 111/2in.
[H65] m. L 67 1/2 in., T 32 in., HF11 1/2in., E 4 1/4
[H66] f. with young L69 1/2 in., T 29 1/2, HF 12in., E 5 3/4 in.
[H67] m. Millstream on road M. rufus. L79 in., T39 in., HF15 1/2 in.E53/4in.
]H68] m. L 77in., T 39 1/4in., HF 14 in., E 6 1/2 in.
[H69] m. L 72 in., T 38 in., HF 13 1/2in., E 6
[H70] m. L72 1/4 in., T 36 1/2, HF 11 1/4 in., E 4 3/4 in/
With the exception of H67 all reds were shot in the vicinity of Kanjeange [Karijini?] outstation (grass country) all Euros were shot near Millstream (Rock, spinifex).

> 21st July 1958
5 m. North of Kanjearge turnoff Caves. Shot at Macroderma gigas. Solitary specimen in cave, escaped but Douglas collected droppings. Collected Taphozous georgeanus in net. Douglas shot Python in cave. Shot hooded robin in snakewood "mulga" grove on spinifex plain.
Set traps around river and breakaway to North west of crossing pool.
9 Longwaths, 8 Havaharts, 2 Cat-traps.

> 24th July 1958
[H143] m. Euro shot between Kanjeange and Coolawanyah : L 120.5cm, T 56.5cm, E 9.5, HF 24, Wt 21 lbs.
Turkey shot A.M.D.. Stomach contents were beetles and grasshoppers, m, testes enlarged 29 x 19 mm
F. M. rufus shot 10 m. south of Karijgine Homestead : L. 117.5 cm., Wt.15 1/2 lbs., . 59.1/2 cm., HF 23.5 cm., E 11.

> 25 July 58
Set traps in gorge in Hamersley Range on Millstream : 1 cat-trap, 4 Havaharts, 12 Longwaths.
In gorge :
1. spotted bower-bird in low bush 0730 hrs
2. 0800 Singing honeyeater (with Butler) in sturtpeas.
3. 0930 Hen robin in dead tree.
4. Grey thrush in deep rocky gorge in low bush.
5. Painted finch m. at small pools of water in deep rocky gorge.

> 26th July
Butler took (a) hen painted finch on rock in deep rocky gorge 9b0 Singing honeyeater in acacia (c) brown honeyeater in acaia.
Set traps at Millstream: 2 cat traps, 5 Havaharts + 2, 2 Langworths.
Telegrams sent from Coolwanyah
GEORGE  MUSEUM PERTH . PLEASE SEND SIZE TEN TUF BOOTS TO COOLAWANYAH  RIDE.
DALGETTYS ROEBOURNE NO PETROL AT COOLAWANYA FOR MUSEUM. PLEASE DISPATCH
 IMMEDIATELY MCMILLAN

> 30th July 1958
Pouched mouse trapped by Butler. F length 178mm, T 81, HF 15.5, E 19, least width of tail at incrassation = 3.9. width of tail 6.1, Wt 2 kg [This appears to be the 'red-eared' species of Woodstock.]
Bat Typhozous HF 14.6 E 22.8 WT 25 g.

> 1st August 1958
Budgerigah ? Iris white, legs blue grey, nose skin of male Blue.
Crimson chat . Iris yellowish-white, legs almost black, bill black.
Mudlark. Iris greenish yellow, beak, upper, white blackish nostrils and tip, lower white, feet dark.
Ringnecked. Skin of nose hazel in one specimen, blackish in the other, feet dark, eyes brown.
Conversation with Malcolm, an Injubundi man. Working on Coolawanyah. This used to be the country of his people. Now they are camped at Roebourne.
Junguna  Owlet nightjar
Jungun  Emu
Mundayung  Euro
Wandera  Magpie
Mounda  Hill
Ngundama  People of Black Hill
Ngungumurra  People of Hedland
Paiwanada  Red kangaroo
Puggara  Plain
Waiwarra (?) Lagorchestes
Kundi  Stone knife
Burring  Kangaroo tick
Mooloo  Knife for skinning kangaroo

> 2nd August 1958
Pindima mile peg 103.
Black duck. Iris light brown, Bill greenish grey, feet greyish brown.
Malcolm vocab:
Iddiawarra  Satarellus
Dirridi  Macroderma
Injubundi  Malcolm's people
Jurrawarru  small bat.
Sketch map of area.

> 4th  August 1958
To Millstream.
[H 332] robustus m. spotlit. Tambrey. Wt over 60 lbs., L.69 1/2", T. 33", HF11", E 4 1/4".
[H333] rufus m. spotlit. Tambrey, wt 44lbs., L 63 1/2, T 30 3/4, E 6.

> 5th Aug 1958
Coolawanyah, lizards and spinifex.
Kimberley Kite. Yellow cere & skin of angle of mouth. Tip of bill black, feet yellow with black claws, iris brown.
People about Malcolm's:
Paigu people other side of Mulga Downs.
Murrudinia.  South of Mt. Enid to Yarralula Stn.
Ngulluma people at Black Hill from Roebourne to Yule R. as far east as Hooley Stn. Page map of Malcolm's country.
Next pages map: The Range from Coolawanya, to Hamersley Stn, Willumurra. The English names were given by Roy Parsons, The Injubidi by Malcolm.
Malcolm says that only four of the Injubundi know the old things. These are
Old Toby - Old man , born when Mulga downs was no station and people speared each other at night.
Old Charlie. Taught by Old Toby but not so old himself.
Old Timblar, Old Wally - Song men
Purdud - Corroboree before making men.
"Coming down Mt. Abbot with 2 camels in the shafts and all 4 wheels locked with the chain".
Brokwinyi - Rock python
Ping(g)arung
Moogoo/unna - The evening star.
Pindiri - Stars
Wil/lulla - Moon
Yura Sun.

> 6th August 1958
Robins in gorge (Asbestos Creek). Iris sepia, rest black.
[H348] Planigale collected at Tambrey by W. H. Butler.
H & B 70 mm., T. 55 mm., E. 10, HF. 10, Wt approx 15 gm.
Mammals recorded by Douglas in his notes of the Hamersley Expedition
[H1-7] Skulls of unsexed Euros dead at waterhole, Marilana Stn 14 m. west
[H 8] M. rufus, f., 19 m. E of Marilana Stn.
[H9] M. rufus f. 27m. E of Marilana Stn.
[H10] m. rufus juvenile
[H37] Millstream. Shot W.D.L. Ride, wt 34 lbs., HF 27, L 1460, T 66, E 109, 3/4 grown young at heel, open spinifex, wt of young 100 gm.
[H38] m. Palm pool Millstream, 20/7/58. L1830, T830, HF290, E 122.
[H39] f. Spinifex near road at Millstream.
[H142] f. Young wt 11.5 lbs., Tail 18.8, H & B 40. 23 July 1730 hrs
[H300] m. Testes removed, length 1930, T 990, HF 34.6, Ear 14.5.
[H14] Skin found in WAM 8.6.61 unregistered in 2 pieces, destroyed K.7.

> 16th Oct 1958
Perth- Margaret River
Ride & Bowen
Called fisheries office Bunbury Inspector Barry Baines. Arranged with him for alcohol tank to be delivered to him by a fisheries dept. vehicle.
Met Maskell who presented an eel caught 15th Oct. Species identified by Mees as Gymnothorax woodwardi type in WAM.
Baines presented very small long necked tortoise caught 6 miles up the Collie R. from its mouth.
> Arrived Margaret R. contacted tourist bureau  got hold of the Caves guide - a local farmer Dudley McLeod. He is a most cooperative & useful man. Worked until 10.30 still plenty of Glauert's deposit left. It appears that it was part of an earlier cave which has collapsed into the present one. Well worth stratifying.

> 17th Oct 1958
Margaret R - Alexander's Bridge - Nannup - Donnybrook - Collie - West Arthur - Williams - Quindanning - Marranong - Perth.
> Collected bobtails (redheads) 18 m. north east of Collie in mixed Wandoo, useful numbat country. Also shot f. shrikehrush, sitting in jarrah. Brought back specimen.

> 22nd Nov. 1958.
Perth - Yalgoo
Ride, Buller, Eric Car (Asst. Prepenata)
Home
Museum
Northam
Goomalling,
Buller shot 28 parrot (1), Ride shot 28 parrot (2)
Insects (3 or 4 ) collected from flowers on roadside.
Wongan Hills
Pilbara
Wubin
Buller shot 28 parrots (5) & (6).
Denansia michaelis found dead.
Perenjori
Morawa
Rear tank dry
Tonight onto dirt road to Gutha.

23rd Nov.
Gutha 7.15 am 6 x 28 parrots shot
Crossroad turn left to Melenby
Old road from left
Stock gate
Stock gate on bend of road.
Melenby turn off.
Stock gate
Collected small fish in salt river at Gullewa, small scraps of vertebrate bone but no real success at Ederga R. deposits shown by main.
Turn off to Yalgoo passed stone tank.
Collected Varanus on bank of Ederga.
Pipit shot Ride.
Eudergasp
Australian skylark
Yalgoo & Carnaby's house. desolate town, nearly a ghost town.
Drove south with Ivan Carnaby to look for a new species of quail thrush that he says occurs south of Yalgoo. Filled tanks with 13 gals.
Road to Fields Find.
Camped for night. Shot 2 goats, 1 mulga snake, collected Gecko. Goats appear plentiful.

> 24th Nov. 1958
Left Ivan and moved south. breakfast at 0645 hrs on road.
Shot Quail Thrush & Bell Bird the quail thrush is the southern species thrush playing around under mulga in mulga thicket with grassy floor. Bill black, deep grey horn, eye red orange. Amphibolus also taken.
Fields Find.
Turnoff right to Wubin
A salt lake (? an outlier of Lake Monger)
Collected casuarina for McMillan.
A very large salt lake with banks on its southern side.? Lake Monger. Banks red and eroded but apparently no fossils in them. Single artifact of crystalline quartz collected in a "blowout".
Changed over into front tank, 8 gals exactly since Yalgoo 629 ie 23 miles per gal. with trailer up !
Bobtail, 28 parrot, Miling, New Norcia, 29 miles post, Back to Perth.
 
> 28th Nov. 1958
Perth - Jurien Bay - Perth
With Balme, Glenister, Glover all Geology Dept U. of W.A. to examine caves and reports of destruction of fossil deposits for "guano".
Home
Geol. Dept University
Shot 28 parrot
100 milepost from Perth
Moora
Collected varanus killed by car on side of road. Saw it killed. 28 parrot shot.
Collected Bobtail at Jurien Bay. Spent night in Beach Hut with owner, local farmer Bob Ward.
Drove to Smith's Cave
Smith's cave shot pipit, Smoker parrot shot.
Turn off to Cave back to Jurien Bay for lunch, shot small green parrot.
Pipit
Turn off to cave again.
Hill River
Kingfisher shot in scrubby plain beyond river.
Black cockatoo shot, white tailed, feeding in open plain with low heath among blackboys
Back in Perth.
 
> 10th January 1959
Perth - Margaret R. - Perth
Ride, Vollprecht, A. M. Douglas
Took Douglas down to Margaret R. to set up a showcase in the cave.
Idea, to stimulate tourist interest in both the Caves and the W.A.M.
Arrived caves after dark.
During stay collected rats. R. rattus caught in traps outside the cave along side of the stream. Breakbacks baited with bacon.
Also shot Chalinolobus morio returning to crevices in the ceiling of main chamber after their evening flight.
 
> 12th May 1959
Perth - Murchison R. - Perth
Ride and John Kelsall (Canadian Wild Life)
Museum
Northam, grey overcast 65*F
Goomalling 14.15 hrs spots of rain.
Wongan Hills 1500 hrs
Pilbara 16.00 hrs
Changed to front tank
Dalwallinu 16.15hrs
Whites at Merkanooka 19.13 hrs.
(The Whites are relatives of Stan White's (S.R.) and the reason for the trip is that, through Stan, the Whites - Father, sons (Hansel and John) presented a fine mandible of Nototherium to the Museum. They found it in the bed of the Murchison at the crossing at Billabalong Stn

> 13th May 1959
White's House
Turn off to John White's
John White's
Highway Mullewa - Morawa
Mullewa 08.45 petrol
Murchison at Billablong arrived at bridge 12.00 , 76*F.
River has been in flood. Whites unable to find remains they saw at the time they collected the Jaw. Water in bed of river and sand and salt deposited over formerly bare surface. Had meal. Whites (Stan and Jeff O'Brien) fished and got 2spp water in pools not too salt to drink. Fair amount of aquatic vegetation and many very small crustacea (?Daphnia).
John White walked out the bank about 1/2 mile west of bridge, bone in bank.
2 species of fish:
1 plimmer species (? atherine) olive green above, white below, lateral line marked by extremely vivid white longitudinal band.
Other species Perch like (?spangled perch) greenish above, spotted with brown blotches.
Small bird collected in bush at dusk. Bell birds plentiful and small green parrot here in mulga. Cormorants in river. Bird shot : bill horn, legs blackish, soles of feet pale, wt 9gm
[Coll No. 6] f. m. rufus, shot joey in pouch 2.5 g. Total length 162, Tail 85, Wt 43lbs. HF 27, Ear 14.5.

> 14th May 1959
Rose with first light, cold.
Startedto look for birds but nothing doing until sun came up about 7.30.
Bush canaries, weebills, babblers, willies, mudlarks, galahs, grey falcon, 28s, topknot pigeons (large flocks of topknots c.100 birds at least), grey herons, heard bellbirds and butcher birds. Crows in fair numbers. Shot 2 28s.
Walked out bank on way back to breakfast, further bone in undisturbed beds where river is cutting away bank. wts of 28s between 100 & 200 gm.
Temp at midday 88* F becoming overcast, clouds high, breeze.
The two bones found west of the river are 1 (by white) a small fragment of ? pelvis, and the other is more-or-less complete scapula of Nototherium.
Sketch of cliff with samples.
Going out with spotlight 9 miles n. of river. No kangaroos seen N. of river itself. Shot m. [coll.no. 7] Wt 43 lbs., HF 27, Ear 13.5, Total length 149.5, Tail 77.5

> 15th May 1959
100 hrs left Murchison
Greenough R. walked out banks for about a mile to west of road, no fossils. Rabbits plentiful in burrows, foxes' earth. Shot bellbird.
Shot pair of mulga parrots put in Mrs White's frig. for night.
Merkanooka
Spotlighting around Merkanooka, locals say that all three species of Kangaroos occur locally : Greys and Euros on the Irwin and coastal side of the watershed and Reds and Euros in the "lakes" side. Reds occasionally come into grey and euro territory. They also say that the greys and foxes move from the coast and back to inland each year. Local greys have short toenails (hard substrate) but when they appear at the beginning of the winter toenails are long - sand plain conditions.
[Coll. No 8] Grey f. Wt 43 lbs  HF28. Nail 2.3. Ear 12. Tail 66 Total 144. with pouch joey. wt 200g. Shot in rolled bush, spotlight.
[Coll. No 9] Euro m. shot in crop. Wt 24lbs. Ear 12. Tail 71 HF 25 Nail 10. Total 144
[Coll. No 10]Fox f. Wt 8lbs. Ear 9.2, Tail 35.5. HF 15. Total 99, shot in grass pasture.
[Coll. No 11] Fox m. wt. 14lbs. Ear 9.5, Tail 42, HF 16.5 Total 104. Shot in grass pasture.
Locals say Euros fairly common in Salmon, York Gum country. Small breakaways with caves occur (8 ft or so.) Greys plentiful in scrub. Jams etc.
Left Merkanooka for Perth 1400 hrs 16th May.
3 p. typed list of Latin names of birds observed.

> 13 May
White's house 07.10 hrs
Turnoff to John White's
John White's
Highway Mullewa - Uwara(?)
Mullewa petrol
Luncheon(?) at Billabalong
Arrived at bridge 12.00, 76*FRiver has been in flood. Whites unable to find remains(?) they saw at the time they collected the jaw (?). Water in bed of river is sand or salt deposited over former bone (bare) surfaces. Had meal. Whites (Stan & Jeff O'Brien) fished & got  2spp. Water in pools not too salt to drink for most of the aquatic vegetation & very small crustacea (?diphinia). J. White walks at the bank about 1/2 mile to west of bridge. Brings back 2 species of fish.
1.slinner sp. Olive green above white below. Lateral line marked by extremely vivid white longitudinal band.
1 perch-like , greenish above spotted with brown blotches.
Small bird collected in bush at dusk. Bellbirds plentiful & a small green parrot here in mulga, cormorants on river. Bird shot, bill, horn, legs blackest, soles of feet pale, wt 9 g.
F. rufus shot, joey 2.5 g. (No. 6), total length 162, tail 85, Wt.43 lbs., HF 27, Ear 14.5

> 14 May 1959
Rose with first light, cold, started to look for birds but nothing doing until sun came up about 7.30.
Bush canaries, weebills, babblers, willies, mudlarks, galahs, grey falcon, 28s, topknot pigeons, large flocks of topknots c. 100 birds at least, grey heron, heard bellbirds & butcher bird. Crows in fine numbers. Shot 2 28s.
Walked out bush on way back to breakfast, further bone in undisturbed beds where river is cutting coming back.
Wts of 28s between 100 7 200 gr
 
> Midday 14 May 1959. 88*F bearing overcast, clouds high, breeze.
Sketch:  Section of cliff with scepder.
fine showing well silicified roots & the bands of white calcareous material.
 
> 19 May
Evening out with spotlight. 9 miles N of R, no kangaroos seen. All at river itself. Shot m., Wt -43lb. HF 27 Total length 149.5 Ear 13.5" Tail 77.5 (No7)

> 17 May
Left Murchison 10.00 Greenough R. walked out west of road, nothing.
Rabbits plentiful in burrows, foxes' earths. Shot bellbird. Shot pair of budgie parrots, put in Mrs White's fridge for night.Spotlighting at Merkanooka, locals say that all these species of kangaroos occur locally, greys and euros on the Irwin & coastal side of the watershed & reds & euros on the "lakes" side. Reds occasionally come into grey & euro territory. They also say that the greys and foxes move from the coast & back inland each year. Local greys have short toenails. Hard substrata but when they appear at the beginning of the winter toenails are long - sand plain conditions.
(No8) Grey Wt 43 lbs H.F.28 Nail 2.3 Female Ear 12 Tail 66 Total 144 with pouch young 200gms.
(9)Euro m. Wt 34lbs ear 12 Tail 71, HF 25 Nail 10 Total 144
Shot 2 foxes.
(11) male Wt 14lbs, Ear 9.5 Tail 42 HF 16.5 Total 104
(10) female Wt 8lbs Ear 9.2 Tail 35.5 HF 15 Total 99
Euros fairly common in Salmon and York Gum cubtry. Small breakaways with caves seen (8 ft. or so). Greys plentiful in scrub, young etc.
Left Merkanooka 1400 hrs.
Arrived Perth.

Trip Gullewa-Murchison.
[Route to Gullewa from previous trips.]
Conversation with S. R. White before departure to get advice on Merkanooka Whites (he refers to them as "Wombat whites!)

John White's house.To get there turn west at Pintharuka south of tennis court, straight along road for 5-6 miles, plough disc: Beware of Children. John's place on right of road, Hamel living with Pa & Ma at Merkanooka.

Jim O'Brien knows of a man in Mullewa who found fossils in a well.
The stations out from Gullewa :  Mellenbye Stn. Broads, Barnong Stn. Mitchells, Burnerbinnah Stn. Craven ; Stan White says all helpful.

Single Cliff : about in the centre of the triangle Magnet, Paynes Find, Yalgoo ; wall of rock carvings etc.; Stan White describes them as peckings. From Yalgoo Lyall Palmer or son John at the hotel will direct to Burnabinnah on which Single Cliff stands, mention Stan White.

Conversation Bert Main suggests look at Green Creek series between Mingenew and Morawa, says that there are beaches obviously Post-Permian. Get there (data from 1st Gullewa trip 1957) from Morawa 14 m. before bridge s. of Mingenew bushfire sign on south of road, 200* east of sign, track in.

> 21 Sept. 1961.
Left Perth 6am, picked up Duncan Merrilees, Northam, Wongan Hills, lakes - salt on roadside, Buntine (met John Read friend of Duncan), Perenjori, collected ? condostraca and an  "anaspides" - very saline, almost saturated, shallow with a fine slender weed ; Morawa, Mellenbye turnoff, stockgate on road, saw red kangaroos, doe with joey at heel, Turi Ari Hill, Gullewa, stockgate, kangaroos colour of erubescens, dark ears abnormally coloured rufous?.  Mooloo Well, Ederga River set up camp in dusk. Numerous rabbits from warrens at bases of mulga trees, bright 3/4 moonlight, birds calling, ground covered with small compositae, a beautiful sight, plenty of water in river. Used new gun.

> 22nd Sept. Friday
Rabbits, corellas & flies, finished setting up camp. River bank bedded sediments, outcrops of greenstone, collected small geckoe, coxiella from small runnel approx. 8ft above present water level, Kodachrome photos of campsite, went to artefact site found by Duncan on the E. bank above a wide dyke of quartz which crosses the river. Collected artefacts for Ian Crawford to record the site. There are greenstone masses exposed on east bank, a dyke of quartz crosses the river with layers of pebbles including laterite and greenstone and a fine deposit of silt called loess, this contains coxiella and a large gastropod (Rhagada?). A few hundred yards above the camp loess covers the greenstone, no fossils found ; collected water beetles and insect larvae from river, saw 2 emus, went out with headtorch, shot rabbits.

> 23rd Sept. 1961.
Went north along road to ?Endergerlp to point opposite foothills of range about 3 m. N. of camp. Telephone line crosses river. Walked out all exposures between that point and the northernmost place reached yesterday. No fossils. Collected Atherines in Ederga R. for Gerlof, teal in river also black duck in flock of about 40.

Drove to Barnong Stn., Mitchells not at home, left note telling them where we were. Drove back to camp, saw a small rat-sized mammal - not identified in thick mulga between Yalgoo road and first well along fence line. Shot at a fox but missed, collected 2 rabbits, a female which we preserved the skull of W.R.79, she was in milk and fully grown, also shot a juv. black rabbit W.R.79 skin & skull. Rabbits plentiful along banks of river with warrens among the roots of mulga clumps. Plovers about calling and approaching camp in moonlight. Prepared bobtail and blue tongue skulls and girdles for skeletons for Duncan.

> 24th Sept. 1961.
Cleared up around camp, finished salting rabbit skulls, wrote labels. Duncan went down to river to fish purging, girdles of reptiles. Walked along river northward, collected Atherines for Gerlof.

Sequence of weathering of gemstone with laterization in a B horizon clearly shown south of the bar* on the east side of the river. Greenstone breaks up into blocks which decompose ; the cracks between the blocks being filled with perculating material ; laterite pebbles form in the blocks in the B horizon. Above this there's frequently a pebble bed which we interprete as being the result of the removal of fine material in a B horizon and the production of a "gibber" layer, subsequently this has been buried. On the west side of the river north of the bar is a demonstration of dune-bedding in the "loess" and some yards closer to the bar (i.e. south) the loess is seen to overlay a grit with coxiella and pebble beds below it, below this is greenstone but B horizon is on top of the grit. A bank below this is covered with artifacts - house stones and blocks which appear to be weathering out of the unconsolidated soil fine although some clearly post date it and lie above the present loess surface.

Hammer stone and artifacts collected from beach.

After lunch crossed river and worked north along E. bank, at first the weathered greenstone with a B horizon is visible and then the character of the country changes greatly opposite the hills. Place with no exposures, only unconsolidated soil visible and then, north of that a fine sequence of greenstone below, overlain by fine grit with coxiella overlain by a ..ontemized grit, overlain by a...essent bedded red umber then by a "white" umber like the lower travertined grit and then abscinfamably on top the loess which breaks up into climastistic blocks in weathering. Coxiella present throughout the grits and Rhagada was collected.

Drove back to Ederga springs, saw small Notomys or Antechinus, many rabbits. Set traps in evening between the two wells on the way from Yalgoo Morawa Rd. Saw small mammal ? bandicoot size.

> 25th Sept. 1961.
Visited traps set in mulga - no success. Went north to northern end of exposure on west bank and examined it southwards to where it petered out before telephone line. Moved north to where river divides into 2 branches at Ederga Springs. Road crosses both branches north of here. The river is broad here with exposed green grit in the bed, numerous coxiella found, appear to be more than one species. This is acting as a reservoir of water and it is feeding into the river from small quays in the girt. Above the green grit is the brown grit, the loess is missing. At the northern end of the main (last) branch: south of the road, there is a bar of greenstone across the river. Found small piece of longbone in a plaster of pebbles in the green grit in the centre of the E. branch. Found wood fragments v. delicate in the green grit. V. depressing exposure, not possible to see anything well, banks v. poor. Shot kangaroo Red male inspot, collected skull and some skeleton for Duncan W.R.80. The new rifle is too highpowered, shatters everything.

> 26 Sept. 1961.
Drove to Barnong Stn. Mrs Mitchell in with baby Robert, Husband and 2 other children gone to Morawa. V. nice person, an avid collector of rock specimens, spent some time talking to her, had tea and buns, phoned Bob Vincent - he is unable to join us at all this trip, phoned Margaret, she and children all well. Cost of calls 24/-. Mrs Mitchell spoke of a very interesting native area outside Yalgoo, encampment with mia mias still standing, kept secret by owners. Mrs M. spoke of an interesting place 5 m. south of Turi-Ari Hill with kaolin, ochre and ? burial mounds, speaks of excavating one day.

Drove S. of Turi-Ari Hill to place where creek crosses road (culvert). Banks which I had previously described as loess - not so. A (?) recent unconsolidated fluviatile deposit varying from a fine gritty soil on top to one layer of fairly coarse pebbles. Met Mitchell and 2 children on way there. Nice, a bit like John Calaby in appearance. Silent. They are getting rid of their goats by selling them at 20/- to Singapore, sold 1000 last year. Says that it is becoming more arid, gave 2 sets of ... 20 years each. Most recent rainfall 9 ins., previous set 11 ins.. Invited us over to have a bath !

Returned to Ederga Springs, searched bed of river, high in river i.e. near bar in E. branch and about same level in W. branch there is a vast amount of silicification both of the green grit and also tree roots etc. Chert v. common, a most unlikely place for fossil preservation. The presence of enormous quantities of chert upstream is a mystery, below Ederga Springs and at the spring itself occasional pieces were a source of comment, upstream the stuff is everywhere. Still no further base. Examined exposures N. of road crossing, I West, Duncan E. banks of main river (E branch : D branch is clearly a tributary) Nothing. Duncan did not reach the main creek entering the river some hundreds of yards from the road. I got opposite it, he seems to have good exposures in  its banks. The green grit was missing from the section at the Northern end of my search (below it). Collected 2 rabbits before more came up - caught 1 by hand in spotlight, shot other WR81 skull only with inguinal testes.

Made point of chert, will try skinning with it. Partly skinned kangaroo, did admirably- cuts as cleanly as a knife both for making initial incisions and for skinning.

> 27th Sept. 1961.
Skinned out kangaroo limbs & skull, also rabbit skull.

West South of camp for 1st time. River takes a bend with wide deposition of sandbanks heavily vegetated, seems to be very wide here. W. bank good exposures, about central has sequence from green grit on top of horizontal surface, some pebble beds in brown grit, undulating bedding in brown grit - B horizon above, origin appears to be brown grit, fairly considerable silicification but not too hard to scratch.\\ above the B. horizon is a clearly unaltered brown grid which must post date the B. horizon. It apears to be a loess and could be the result of a subsequent E/W/ tributary. Duncan found dried Tyto.

Crossed fence, crossed saltbush plain joined track and went up hill, down other side and faced east to river, v. poor exposures visible. Back to camp along track via Mooloo Well and gate in fence. Mitchells came out to camp and invited us up for the night.

Went across the river to w. side N. of Goanna Flat and selected a section, collected specimens, photographed it.

Sketch: diagram of observations of layers of bank.

There is some confusion about specimen B. It comes from what I believe to be the contact between the green and brown. However it is clear that the green oxides to brown (?) are both specimens A & B  coxielle.

Took numbers of photographs.

Drove to Barnong. The Mitchells are very interested. Mrs M. draws well and paints. Mentioned the "Kangaroo rats" and she had a sketch of a specimen which she had had, clearly Antechinus, pouch marked, she says common between here and Yalgoo. [3 children: Jane, Henry, Robert, parents Neil and Judy Mitchell]

> 28th Sept
Mrs Mitchell's notes on the Antechinus:" Coloured brown, black and white, jumps like a kangaroo. About 3 and a half inches nose to tailbutt, tail 4 and a half inches. Four distinct digits on each paw, with red clearly defined claws, white membranous flaps inside each ear. Pouched."

Perth addresses of Mitchells.
Went out to meteorite site posted by Mitchell on left hand side of road Barnong to Wurarga, 9 m. N. of Xrds on Yalgoo 4 mile.

2 major holes about 20+ apart and 3 minor filled in pits in the same line, partly filled in but clearly more than 8ft deep, suggest gramma holes, appears to be a grit horizon in walls - Duncan collected samples for nickel analysis.

Bob Campbell, manager Billabalong, owner Ted Officer, woolgrowing.

Picked up traps, packed up camp then went down to Main's section w. of Mooloo Well  and photographed.

Sect 2 (i.e. Duncan holding 2 fingers up) :
Sketch of layers of deposits above river bed. Duncan collected 3 :(1) top of sect grit (2) middle gravelly grit (3)white deposit of bone.Drove to Mellenbye, Leonard and Nan Broad.

> 29 Sept 61
Start Mellenbye, drove to Little Biddy breakaway, this is about 2 m. N. of Berbo Hill. A breakaway in the precambrian along the edge of the channel of the Ederga. Here the river meanders along lakes which it enters at Brady Hill.

Collected Varanus gouldii (small spec.) in burrow also Amphibolurus in burrow, also ants from exposed edge of lake. Collected artifacts, a beautiful microlith of quartz down in sand alongside W. bank of lake and other artifacts of quartz and greenstone from top of breakaway, all surface.
Beddie dingo: native names for two lizards :Varanus gouldi - Waddabi. Amphibolurus - Jubbi. A large Amphibolurus ? barbatus is called Wunnarda at Yellatery Stn. says local names are the same
   Kadgi Stn - Frank Broad
   Lochada - Robbins
   Warrada Stn - Harry Broad
   Burnabiamah Stn - David Craven

Had lunch at Mellenbye then left for Kadgi, Morawa Yalgoo Rd, cross Gortha Xrds, cross Pintharuke Xrds, turn left for Kadgi homestead, gate (cockies) in fence with track down to right, well with windmill, well (probably North Paradise), tracks leading NE and SW, took SW track hoping to get to Lochada Rd. Collected spider in Land Rover, brushed off scrub through open window, many hollow eucalypts, v. old track forking left, disused well with v. poor fence and cockies gate track to right along fence after well. Collected 3 spiders of some sort from web in fence at disused well. Wheel marks in scrub on left, slight dogleg in fence, meet fence at Rt, L5. Go through cockie's gate turn south, meet E/W rd at rt Ls, turn left should be Rt to Lochada. Lake on rt handside of road with small exposures of brown grit, probably Ninghabour Hill on Weelhamby lake. Appears to be good exposures beyond hill on SW side of lake on the Lochada-Kadgi where it crosses the lake, turn left to Lochada Homestead, south east to Rabbit Proof fence, through gate in fence & then south, gate across rabbit proof fence rd. at rd. to East should take us across to the N.S. Karara Rd, T junction Karara Rd, turn south to hit new Perenjori/ Warriedah Rd, so through gate immediately after turning, fourways meet at signpost to Karara, go through cattle gate south. Arrived at a homestead, Wannarra, very surprised, apparently crossed the lake twice without knowing it.

Take right fork, gate, gate and well, well, old homestead tracks L & R through gates, took left road, road still good, beautiful flora will photograph next morning. Camped for night facing east. Fox shot in spotlight WR82 male skeleton, owl killed on road by landrover 16 m. W of Warrara Homestead F. skinned for Gerlof, carcase preserved in formalin, lice collected.

> 30th Sept 1961
Heading for Wubin/Paynes Find road from Wannarra Stn, Great Northern Highway, Paynes Find, Gt. N. Hwy, turn off N. to Yalgoo signpost, stopped for lunch and to prepare specimens, creek flowing E/W load crosses quite exposed with lenses. Small artifacts scattered over surface of land above the banks. Collected. Predominantly an industry of small points ....ctical uniface of which excellent examples. Also in tributary W. of R flowing into the S. side of the creek there is a pebble bed exposed with what appears to be large cl...dy artifacts of quartz. It seems to me that although any one of these pebbles could be placed in a series of water rounded stones (non artifact) that these are far too many of one type here for this to be accidental. Series collected containing two "kodj-type blades".

Crossed lake, climbed range, many euros, crossed range and camped.

> 1st Oct.
Artifacts scattered about left, v. poor, did not collect. Emu dead on road, collected Tarsometatarsus and foot, sternum, sacrum and head. Thandelarra homestead, creek with well and windmill. Sections of grit with Rhagada and other small shells. Photographs (with Duncan +3 fingers), specimens collected from bottom ABCD. Artifacts numerous on NE bank above creek, the same attempts at ..face asymmetrical points. Small microliths based in these, cores of harefoot type, part of a lower grindstone and a pitted hammerstone. This industry should be compared with the upper ulstry collected on the 30/2/61 and the surface industry at Ederga R. Drove to Burnerbinnah, David Craven, wife, Miss ?, and 2 daughters and a 2 y.o. boy. David Craven a v. interested naturalist, tries to identify material, uses Glauert's snake book, wife collects odd things like spiders, shells etc.. He described a small red marsupial, about 3 times the size of a mouse, reddish brown, short, wide, head, big ears, bright eyes, fat tail - seems a description of the short-faced Antechinus ; saw no red patches behind ears. The animal was under a sheet of tin and escaped under the shed, has not been seen since. The children also shot a small mouselike animal a few days ago, no remains, colour of a mouse, thin tail, not a hopping mouse, big ears and a foxy face - obviously a form of Sminthopsis. The hands also got a hopping marsupial when splitting rotten fence post, it had a pouch - Antechinopsis ?. Will send specimens to the museum but he's worried about getting them there in reasonable condition, will leave formalin with him. Showed him how to collect and recognise artifacts. There are 2 major aboriginal pictographic sites on the property - one with bands in the rock (at Bulgomarra), another Single Cliff w. of fence n.of Copalgo Pool. There are also stone ang..ents.  He described 3 locations with exposures of grits:

(1)  Bulgomarra Creek - the gorge runs alongside the old road to Yalgoo. Above the gorge there are grits, the gorge is where the creek flows through breakaway country, Single Cliff is about 2 miles N. of Bulgomarrap.
(2)  Mandamanda creek. This is the creek which is shown on the maps as flowing north of the Northwest tip of Lake Monger, it has about 4 miles of exposures about 12 ft. high in places.
(3)  Curiyalgoo - photographs shown with car in picture: exposures of grits topped the car by a couple of feet, a pool in Bulgomamarra Creek below the gorge.

Craven tells of Tom Lockyer of Nalbara Stn and of a rock hole which he and Lockyer had cleared out when he was a hand there in 1937(9?), there were 9 feet of bones(?) there, also of a carved stone which Lockyer had which had been found by one of his hands. Drove over to Nalbarra Stn, saw T. C. Lockyer and Mrs. Lockyer - nice people, 4 boys, 1 in RAAF, 2 at school, 1 home on stn but away at Royal Show. Produced a muller (pitted) for Glauert, collected by Colin Lockyer and promised to Glauert by him at the George Hotel. Lockyer also gave us a beautiful stone churinga which had been found by one of his hands (George Bridges) on the surface. The place where it was found was the camping place of Jacky Warren, a full blood who died there. The camp was also used by a message carrier Chullaballoo. Jacky Warren carried round a lot of spears, woomeras, and objects Lockyer never saw. Corroborees were also held down at the camp, a special one was held in honour of Mrs. L. when they were first married. Reported a cave full of skulls, locality known to Baden Thiergill in Mt. Magnet (newsagent). He said that the rock hole with bones was blasted out by earlier surveyors for their camp and they had a trig. point on the granite. We went out to the granites and the rockhole Dept homestead 3094.5 NW diagonally across paddock though in length and face. Granite outcrops, well in top of western granite, drive right up on northern face 3102.8. Well apparently blasted in my opinion, steel spike lying around, broken slabs of rock not exfoliated, 1 scrap of noden bone, dead emus and sheep in hole, nothing worthwhile. Back to homestead and looked around garden of old homestead (destroyed in flood) where bones from the hole were said to have been used for garden purposes, nothing but modern bones found. Drove back along Thundelarra Rd and camped. Emus v. common in this area, large numbers roving about by day.

> 2nd Oct
Drove to Nalbarra to make phone call, could not get through, left telegram. Yoweragabbie Stn breakroy country where corroborees were held with creeks. Old full blood Nugget can inform, hands in rocks, information Bill Dempsey who used to be head stockman at Binnaburnah and would be there for 3-4 days & then on to the Murchison.

Nelson Pierce, Waratah Ave. used to be boss of Nalbarra. He recently took all diaries from 1911 on and account books, inform archives, also records of the gaol were lying about in the weather, some have been sent to archives but he refused do reading through the old ledgers the other day. Inform archives. Lockyer is manager for company headed by Colin Pearce. Drove back to camp, picked up Duncan & trailer, adjusted trailer brakes, suspect no linings. 16 m. from Nalbarra on rd to Binnaburnah collected abstracts and table of contents also in English, with nomenclature also in Latin.Varanus gouldii, labelled with metal top Nalbarra 2/10/61. Arrived back at Binnabinnah. David Craven gave locality of Cuttathas a rockhole about 2m. due east of Bulling R. H. Mrs Lockyer phoned to say she had got through to Margaret and all well at home. Talked to Craven who used to be a stockman on Nalbarra, he says that the rockhole in granite is at the posn marked Nakedar well but Nakedar well is actually a couple of miles further on, probably the unmarked windmill NW of the rockhole. Craven says that Leggadina lamps are present on the property, Mus musculus in house, identified v. damaged carcase They will try to catch one for us in the next few days. Amphybolurus, Mrs Mitchell says the local native name for this is booni (bunai).

Left trailer at homestead for Cuttathar rock hole said to be native camp and also possible deposits in soak. Cuttathar seems to be a perfect site for an archaeological excavation, there's a pool of perfectly fresh water (full of tadpoles of 2 sorts and small crustacea - both collected) which is  part shaded - probably as much as 1/2 shaded for a large part of the year, not quite permanent. Surrounded on 2 1/2 sides by low cliffs of decomposed granite 10-12 ft in height and a sloping massof sand on the other sides. Good quartz in the vicinity for artifacts, and artifacts scattered around on the surface of the open sand (a sample collected). There are low caves, the largest about 15 ft x 15ft and averaging about 4ft to the roof, roof fire-blackened. The floor of the cave is well above the surrounding depression and one has the impression of a deposit within the cave. There are 2 main shelters, the second much smaller and small niches in the rock wall which also appear to have been used. There are bones sticking up out of the cave floor [sketch of cave], photographed both in colour + b&w, zebra finches drinking, Photographs(colour) start with photos of this.

[List of B&w photos taken].

Drove back to Burnabinnah Homestead, Mrs Craven gave us tea and a stew of meat and bread. She had also collected a striped Ergermia in the house where they are very common.

Drove out to Manda Manda creek and camped on good exposures of grits. Road good all the way except for last bit where it comes low along flats and tends to become lost.

> 3 Oct Tuesday 1961
Walked out exposures downstream from camp, many lenses of gravel in the grits, grits varying from fine with root holes to coarse. Chertified tree root holes and bands of hard whitish silicon material, grits when broken often show concentration of blackish iron staining. No fossils found. Few waste flakes on surface.

Drove north along track to creek crossing, exposures poor, chert on surface. Surface is a fine brown grit with some pebble bands, hard chert layer 1/4 to 1/2 in. in thickness, sandy brown grit, fine hai... with root tubes (chertified) and small holes (reminiscent of loess) ..oden soil.

Munda Munda well - windmill. Drove around over the flood plain above the well, here grits are exposed over a wide area and low banks exposed over a wide area, there is also much loose sand. Returned to Munda Munda well, back to creek crossing, collected samples of chert. Duncan found 5 discrete images how the river has low exposures and wide vegetated sand banks in the middle. Walked out beds. Kodachrome of pondiar discontinuity E. bank of R. Continued downstream, good exposures of grits greatly undercut, unfortunately no fossils, continued to walk out exposures until camp reached. Packed up camp and returned to homestead. Saw Euro on returning to main road. The sequence here with many chert horizons and lenses, coupled with the .... picture of a shifting bed filled with small pools, sand bars, gravel lenses etc gives rise to a general interpretation of local channels reworking deposits and leaving an extremely complex stratigraphy.

Discussion about mallee fowl after tea. Get hold of Frith's Australian .... magazine article for them.
Fox first appeared in this country in 1929, first four taken on Muralgarra and not known what they were (Bob King).

Local names for Echidna: Kundawar and Ningar.

Biggadas[Wallaroo] not common near homestead but some around a mile or  two away.
Susanne 7, Janet 10, Robert 2 1/2, David 13.

> 4th Oct (Wed) 1961
Cleaned up, did washing and then drove to Single Cliff, Thundelarra Rd. through gate and across clay flat (Bilgonara Creek outwash), turn right into Station rd, cross creek at Coryalgo well, drove along fence running W of N., get through fence, Single Cliff visible. Single Cliff is a prominent isolated breakaway on high ground, good vantage point. The drawings are confined to a very small area about 20 ft. x 5ft. at ground level on the eastern side. Peckings consist of emu tracks, stick men, concentric lines, winding line, emu track in circle, also small ochred hands : [sketch]. There are numbers of holes in the br... which are well filled with enberat(?) well plugged with sticks and stones, found an artifact embedded in the enberat in one of these to the N of the carvings & about 8 feet up (collected artifact). Isolated hands in excellent condition under arch to N end of breakaway: 1 small with fingers closed, 2 full sized big hands.

Returned to homestead, pack & grease vehicle etc. Back to Bulgonarra Creek, turned off at Thundelara rd at Jarramunda well on to Coryalgo well and examined exposures below the well. These exposures are very interesting and reveal features not seen before: the SE bank is composed of red grit with pebble lenses and silicified tree root holes. Exposures loo -  up to 6ft below this grit is an extensive lateritized pisolithic layer and below this a beautiful silicified grit. The lateritic layer is eroded off at a point about 150* below the crossing and the riverbed is a white mass of hard rock [sketch], samples collected. Crossed creek, followed the fenceline and through gate. Drove up creek to gorge, v, rocky terrain, difficult to get trailer through so stopped vehicle & walked. High cliffs of granite (decomposed)with a distinct terrace above the present creek line. Some small remnants of grit. Camped for night and prepared the lizards(?) collected at Burnabinnah.

> 5th Oct 1961 (Thursday)
Drove back from edge of gorge to follow main track northwards. Climbed hill and at top apparently well above the level of the top of the gorge, crossed small creek and run alongside. Exposures of red grits and even a green grit, possibly the creek before it enters the gorge. Caught small amphibolurus. Drove North to well probably Gullamilyaroo pool. Exposures of grit in w. bank, red sequences & good exposures of green grit, below the well I estimate the green grit with chert to be about 6ft thick with about 3ft of red grit above, there is clear indication that there is discontinuity between the green grit and the red. The modern creek in both places seems to be flowing along the banding where the red grit comes to an end [sketch].

Crossed into Muralgarra Stn, entered savannah plain with creek flowing between 2 outcrops of granite, grits exposed at base. Collected Myrmicine ants for Athol [Douglas], hot work digging, stopped to have lunch at a most beautiful flowering tree about 9 ft tall, blossoms rather like foxgloves sprouting out of the calyx of fuchsia, photographed it for Royce and collected some blossoms, unfortunately no fruit. Fence with mill & gate probably ..... ... between Thorocogycogy and Booyoo sp.

Tracks very poor on this station, they lead from one point to another but not in the direction marked in the 10 mile maps and not to the places one wants to go. Arrived at well with good mill in creek with extensive yards, an old wagon. What appears to be a large holding paddock and the remains of an earlier windmill ... by cyclone. This is probably the well without a name on Muralgarra Stn SW of Booyoo Sp. near the southern boundary with Thundalara Stn. Shot young M. rufus F. WR83, kept only skull and pelvis, nulliparous with large buck who was warning her and hung around when she was shot.

Walked out extensive beds, on S. side of creek green grit exposed with a clearly laterized zone.he beds are 8 - 10 ft thick, red grit missing. On N side of creek the red grit is well exposed, an unmistakable artifact found in the pebble bed just above the contact between red and green grits. Walked upstream, r. beds continue for approx. 1 mile in the western tributary with a small cup in the junction between the E & W tributaries[sketch]. The red grit then gives up. No sign of fossils in the green grit. Drove west downstream, collected fragments of a tortoise probably C. stendachineri.

> 6th Oct 1961 (Friday)
Prepared kangaroo skull. Exanined section where artifact was found and photographed it.

Sketch of stratigraphy and description of site. Stratigraphy of rain creek as above well but less green grit and red grit now on both banks. Collected 2 parts of artifacts part embedded in the deritus of the erosion platform above the N. bank within 100* W of the boundary between green & red. Track joins round top of tributary, cross flat tributary, low exposures all the way. red grit seems to be better on south bank, tributary from NE. EW track turns west. River at this place is a wide sand river about 50* wide with low banks with good exposures (stepped) of red grit on both banks. On S side of the fence the banks tend to be covered with sand and exposures are poor. No fossils.

Good exposures of red grits on green for about 1/2 of a mile from fence northwards. Photographed dark red bottlebrush same as that seeds collected from 5/10/61.

Back at fence, track v. poor, through fence(strainer) and trends southwards here, turned W along fence, found addled emu egg, tried to blow it for Duncan's children but it broke.

Continued south met EW fence at T with gate , turned west. Met fence turning south at R+, fence due west, rt L fence turns South, main road cattle inthough.

Yalgoo, stopped at the pub, phoned Margaret. Drove on the Geraldton road to Mullewa. Continued west along Geraldton Rd across rlwy line and then down rd to Mingenew for 7.4 m to Kockatea Gully, camped there for the night. On way into Yalgoo tried to trace squeaks in trailer - offside brake drum, oilbearings appear to be well packed but drum squealing badly, did not withdraw bearings, flushed out drum with petrol and slacked off the adjusting bolt until squeal disappeared. No brakes in rt wheel.

> 7th Oct (Saturday) 1961
Kockatea gully. Duncan both brown and green grits present, collected specimens. Drove to Mullewa (garage), posted film and wrote to Margaret and Gerlof. creek trib. of Wenmilla Creek on rt of road just north of Mullewa, series same as Ederga - green & red, horizon of coarse pebble conglomerate between and layers of pebbles at various levels in the red. Wenmilla Creek crosses rd. here there is a complicated sequence in E of rd. Good contrast between a very white conglomerate(&seen) and a basement rock which appears to be largely granitic, no definite red except for a rubbishy upper soil horizon, further down there is a complicated sequence of weathering of basement which can be followed to nearly in weathered Granite through to a "false shaly grit"covered with brown grit. The shaly grit has been penetrated by root tubes which are silicified. Tutawa Gully, v. extensive deposits of red and green grits, channels cut & recut, excellent exposures, numerous lenses of pebbles in one place near road green grit on lateritized bedrock, in other places the green grit is lateritized. Laterite pebbles in some green grit and chertified layers are present, red grit has pebbles inc. laterite. Deep pools in bedrock with C.[Chelodina] Steindachneri, caught a few for Duncan.

Greenough River crossing. Granite close to surface in bed of river granite sheets with quartz veins, small patches of what could be green grits - colour very green but v. soft may be re...ted. Immediately above the bed (hidden in sand) in the banks is a greenish deposit but this is red when broken, some small amount of chert in it. Above this a red grit and mud reddish ? loess. Have walked this out previously as far as the bar downstream, did not appear fri...form .. ... occasion .. impressing the ..now.

Boolardoo Stn met Jensen, not much help, Murchison R., had meal in darkness, Billabalong Stn. met Bob Campbell, will pick him up next morning. Camped outside home paddock, change to front tank, turn off along fence to west after passing through gate (1st gate not a change gate). Turn through fence before well, join fence at continue south, creek on right, stopped. Duncan prospected northwards and I workedd south, good specimens of green and brown grits, wide channel with many beds, bars etc. 400* south of car halt found artifact in situ above bed, approx 2ft above green grit with silicified layers, found further artifact below it in a gravel patch loose in bed. Collected some artifacts from surface above banks for comparison.  Blazed tree (white gum) 7ft above ground, v. wide butt on tree, Blaze R on N side of tree. Returned to camp and bed.

> 9th Oct onday 1961
Soaked grease nipple in petrol to try to clean it.
Set off for Yallalong via New Forest homestead, saw creek we prospected yesterday extensive exposures of grits, several chanels end at the road the grits end some 200-400* W of the parent edge of the creek. Passed several other creeks on the road between granitic and quartz massifs all contained some grits. Clearly at some time this country was a land of great streams flowing between islands and peninsulars of hard rock - an enormous contrast with today's picture of arid acacia scrub and dry wadis.Collected a tula adze-flake and a tula slug on the surface at edge of creek 2 m. W of New Forest homestead. Collected artifacts at various sites in order to show range of materials used at various localities on the road.

Arrived Yallalong homestead, owner Eric Fitzgerald & wife & 2 children (7 & 10) away. Hand Glen Bailey gave us lunch. After lunch drove down to river, collected water-dragon on horizontal eroded cliff edge of green grit. Caught 2 species of fish, 1 appears to be spangled perch, both caught with hook & line using Atheines as bait, did not preserve atheines some caught on last trip to Murchison. Duncan found an Australite in situ in a dense conglomerate well down in the section, the conglomerate was eroded horizontally but no doubt that the australite was cementd into it. Photographed the site in colour & b&w, also photographed in colour one of the two species of fish to get a record of very definite yellow markings. Climbed a tree to try and get a bearing from australite promontory to homestead but could not find it, took bearing of distinct breakaway. Left homestead for Billabalong.

> 10th Oct. (Tuesday) 1961
Packed up and left Billabalong. Drove to Woolgorong, boss Gary Ted Officer & manager Wickman out mosting, Mrs Wickman at home, told us about meteorite and letter from govt. geologist saying it was not a meteorite. Bill Hamlet, native of about 60 raised on Boolardy (Bullardoo?) arrived at station with Dutchman Alfred Both of Mosman Park. Hamlet (m/w) had found the meteorite with another native shortly after the fall was heard by Mr & Mrs Wickman and other people working on the station. Hamlet took us out to the place. Directions. Through gate outside homestead along road to Mullewa, turn right just before first fence and site a hundred yards or so in along the fence line. Depression had been dug out by Hamlet and others but many fragments of meteorite lying around most on one side of crater but a few scraps on opposite side. Found scraps (majority with c... intact) in the wall of the crater - all but one on the side with the majority of fragments i e Western 1 fragment on opposite side. I am perfectly satisfied that these fragments are all in situ. Duncan took very full notes, collected all fragments we could find (? helped by Bernie, Hamlet's grandson). I am struck by the resemblance of the thing to my memory of Bencubbin. Returned large lump of meteorite which the station had kept to Mrs. W. who states that a field party from Geol. Survey had taken all the remainder (a kerosene tin full) to Perth Photographed the station's lump trying to get the crater "flow lines to show up" both colour and b&w. Joe Lord had reported on the material to the Wickmans as being partly  kaolinized gabbroidal doleritic (Letter Geol. Survey 12.9.61). Will see him about this as soon as get back to Perth.

Duncan also had a further fall described to him by Hamlet. Stuck by resemblance with his description of noise and heat given by Mrs W. The other meteorite was on Mungo Stn 1 1/2 m. from Deep Well c. 4 1/2 m. from the woolshed. Jimmy Tyson, John Mungo, working on Mungo both know the position  (mud map in Duncan's notes). Hamlet also described "bones sticking out of rock on Boolardy (Bullardoo?) Stn, towards Mileura? boundary. Fred Simpson and Danny Simpson, Mungo Fred, Frank Tiger, Mick Gilbert, Wlat Nugee all know(mention Hamlet told us). Talked to Hamlet and mentioned kinchi, showed him Churinga from Nalbara, made sure Bernie ...Hamlet said that such things were used at Wilgie Mia area. Suggested that caves beyond Wilgie Mia contained such things. Go from  Glen Stn through the gap, Wilgie Mia on right, come to old gold mine, then to flat plain with native ..ed graves, go further to another flat plain, breakaways with caves, says churingas in them. Hamlet then produced his kinchis and said that one was used in his circumcision and that they were used for scarification, showed scars on forearm. I showed Hamlet blade I made in Barnong, he then sliced his forearm with it and drew blood. His kinchis were circular and his own c. knife was wrapped in a small parcel of ... feathers in a small briefcase [sketch]. Says that the stone for the kinchis is found around Wilgie Mia, appears to be a very dark chert, very even.

Drove to Merkanooka and brown grit between Corra and Tendin creek crossing near gravel pit on south side of it (pit on hill). Rescued from wheat paddocks by Jack Bradley who guided us. Whites report hearing of fossils from Dooranel River. Also fossils reputed to John White on Byro Stn by ex hanger. John Baker now Rules Store Morawa (said to be wombat small kind) in caves.

> 11th Oct. 1961, Wed.
Saw Baker in Morawa. He said that John White had wrong end of stick. Says that recent mammals which were referred to as "wombats" on Byro had made holes in Byro. Suggested that we contact present ranger. Knows of no fossils.
Returned to Perth.
 
13-14 Oct. 1961 - Rottnest Island.
Collecting and filming quokkas for quokka birth film with Hugh Biscoe and Chester (Animal House Zool. Dept.). Population large and v. satisfactory numbers caught at rubbish tip. Filmed and released.
3 joeys kept: WR84 Male juv. carried in pouch, fell out when mother captured 13.10.61. Torch and net.
WR85 Female juv. at heel 13.10.61. Torch and net.
WR86 male juv. at heel 13.10.61. Torch and net.

21 Jan. 1929, 1 p.
3. Letter requesting address of a manufacturer of butterfly setting boards and cases.

2nd Feb. 1929, 1 p.
4. From Glauert recommending Cherry and Sons, Gisborne, Victoria.

1905-1909, 1 p.
5. List from Novitates Zoologicae, Index of birds, insects and mammals, including those collected by J.T. Tunney.

21 Jan 1934, 1 p.
6. To Glauert asking for a reference from Australian Avian Record; describes a trip to Busselton and Bunbury and finding the Brown Songlark abundant.

24th Jan. 1934, 1 p.
7. From Glauert, looked up reference in Australian Avian Record on Porphyrio; Museum has specimens of Brown Songlark from Esperance, collected by Tunney, and Torbay, collected by Whitlock.

30 Jan. 1934, 1 p.
8. To Glauert, sending parcel of skins, most from S.A. Museum, some local; has photo of Crested Penguin found Naturaliste; has slides of nesting Banded Stilt at Lake Callabonna, can loan, also some  other bird slides.

9th Feb. 1934, 1 p.
9. From Glauert thanking for specimens and offer of slides.

14 Feb. 1934, 1 p.
10. To Glauert recommending Stan White of Busselton for a job at the Museum.

4 Jun. 1934, 1 p.
11. To Glauert with a specimen of a water-rat to be identified.

30 Jul. 1934, 1 p.
12. To Glauert asking for details of W.A. Bristle birds (Dasyornis longirostris) held in Museum collection; mentions a Porphyrio with green feet found S.A.; Grey-headed Albatross came ashore on SW coast.

Undated, 1 p.
13. Note from Glauert on Dasyornis longirostris, and broadbenti.

4 Aug. 1934, 1 p.
14. From Glauert on Dasyornis longirostris and broadbenti; have 2 mounted specimens of  Grey-headed Albatross.

17 Feb. 1935, 1 p.
15. To Glauert asking for Glauert's references to be corrected for inclusion in a Bibliography of Ornithology of W.A.

6 Mar. 1935, 1 p.
16. From Glauert to say references for Bibliography all correct.

20 May 1935, 1 p.
17. To Glauert asking for vernacular names of some birds.

15 Aug. 1935, 1 p.
18. To Glauert, has skin of a Thick-billed penguin, Eudyptula pachyrhynchus and wants to inspect Museum skins to see if the same.

19 Aug. 1935, 1 p.
19. From Glauert about thick-billed penguin skin.

21 Aug. 1935, 1 p.
20. To Glauert, will bring his skin to Perth.

1 Mar. 1936, 4 p.
21. To Glauert, discussion about bans and confiscation of egg collections in Eastern states, J. McGilp, Adelaide egg collector, suggests R.A.O.U. should ask govt. for permits for accredited persons; Whittell plans to eventually deposit his egg collection in WA Museum.

17 Apr. 1936, 1 p.
22. From Glauert, collectors in W.A. can get permits from Fisheries Dept. to collect eggs and specimens; Manjimup has Red-capped Robins and banded Wrens and Mr Margereson has them tame in his garden.

19 Feb. 1937, 1 p.
23. To Glauert about finds of birds in Bunbury, both killed after striking buildings and made into skins by Whitlock.

12 Apr. 1937, 1 p.
24. To Glauert about forthcoming visit to Perth.

16 Apr. 1937, 1 p.
25. From Glauert, pleased to hear Whittell coming to spend a few days at Museum.

7 Jun. 1937, 1 p.
26. From Whittell about Perch and trout taken from local dam.

27 Jul. 1937, 1 p.
27. To Glauert asking for copy of notes on the Great-winged Petrel, Pterodroma macroptera, from Ogilvie-Grant's paper on Shortridge's collections  as planning trip to Albany and hopes Shortridge wrote something interesting on this species.

29 Jul. 1937, 1 p.
28. From Glauert, enclosing extract asked for; has written about the White Giant Petrel from Busselton for The Emu.

10 Aug. 1937, 1 p.
29. To Glauert about breeding of Great-Winged Petrel in King George Sound; requests loan of vols. for his Bibliography work, comments on R.A.O.U. and state legislation.

19 Aug. 1937, 1 p.
30. To Glauert, thinks Lipfert's collections from the Canning Stock Route should be written up for The Emu, asks to borrow Lipfert's diary.

24 Nov. 1937, 1 p.
31. To Glauert asking about volumes of the Bull. B.O.C.

30 Nov. 1937, 1 p.
32. From Glauert listing held vols. of Bulletins of British Ornithologists' Club.

6 Dec. 1937, 1 p.
33. To Glauert, wanting to borrow vols. of the B.O.C., will pay all postal fees.

16 Dec. 1937, 1 p.
34. From Glauert, sending requested vols.

20 Jan. 1938, 1 p.
35. To Glauert about return of B.O.C. vols.; collected specimens of stilts, waders in Busselton.

3 Feb. 1838, 1 p.
36. To Glauert, sending dried specimen of a Phascogale, wants its scientific name; local paper has started a natural history column.

9 Feb. 1938, 1 p.
37. From Glauert, returning Phascogale, a Wambenger (P. penicillata).

15 Aug. 1938, 1 p.
38. To Battye asking for historical information about John Gould and Johnstone Drummond.

18 Aug. 1938, 1 p.
39. From Battye suggesting inquiries to Commissioner of Police if Drummond was in Police Force.