lProc. Koy. Soc. Victoria, 20 (N.S.), Pt. I., litUT.j 



Ai;T. 1. — A /firing Descendant of c/u Extinct 

 ( Ta.rm an Ian) Race. 



By RTCHARi) J. A. BKRRY, 



M.D. Ellin, et Melb., F.E.C.S. Edin., F.R.S. Edin. 

 Professor of Anatomy in the University of Melbourne. 



(With Plate I.). 



[Read 11th April, 1907]. 



As in all iirobability it. iias not been the lot nf aaiy livino: 

 British anatomist to «iaze on a living representative of the ex- 

 tinct native Tasnianian race, the photograph of the half-caste 

 daughter of a member of that race may not be Avithout interest. 



The circumstances under which the author was fortunate 

 enough to obtain the photojiraph were as follows : 



At the conclusion of the meetint;- of the Australian Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, held in January, 1907, the 

 Government of .South Australia was good enough to place at the 

 disposal of a limited nuuil)er of members of the A:,30ciation, of 

 which I was fortunate enough to be one, the Government 

 steamer," Governor Musgrave," for a three days' scientific excur- 

 sion to the various islands and other places of interest in the 

 Spencer and St. Vincent Gulfs. Amongst the various places 

 visited on this intere-sting exciu-sion was Hog liay, in Kangaroo 

 Island, at which place the subject of the present photograph is a 

 resident, and where the pho;oiiTaph was taken. 



Kangaroo Island receives but scant attention in the maj(3rity 

 of modern Geographical Text-books, but the extracts which 

 foUow will give some idea of wlniit the Island was, and what it 

 has since Ijecome. 



An anonymous member of the Royal (jeotiraphical Society of 

 London, wTiting in l<'-i5'6, says (1) : — 



'■ Kangaroo Island, an island off the coast of South Australia, 

 was discovered by Flinders in 1SU2, and was t-o named by that 

 njwigator from the great number of kangaroos which he found 



