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Scientific expeditions

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD,Use For = Expeditions, Scientific ; Scientific voyages ; Travels ; Voyages, Scientific

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, 12 November 1926

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/32/8
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Le Souef acknowledges safe receipt of the cloth. He writes that he has enjoyed his shooting trip and is reluctant to leave, but he will be sailing for France shortly. The Wild Animals of Australasia has just come out and he hopes it will prove useful to zoologists. He is organising a long trip through North Australia where he hopes to collect many new specimens of animals before they are wiped out.

Dates: 12 November 1926

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, 23 November 1926

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/32/9
Scope and Contents Le Souef writes that he hopes the Australian Prime Minister will find the time to see the research work in progress at Edinburgh and Aberdeen. He advises Ewart to emphasise the necessity of 'bridging the gap between the universities and the pastoralists so that the benefits of research can be put into practice.' Le Souef will be extending his proposed trip to North Australia in order to visit a large fresh water lake near Alice Springs to look up a large carnivorous animal which is at...
Dates: 23 November 1926