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and Brisbane informal discussions and conferences 

 took place with the museum curators and other local 

 naturalists, which led to the formation of research 

 committees or to plans for future work on Australian 

 problems. In connexion with the marine fauna, 

 the question of more fully exploring the Australian 

 fisheries was under consideration at several centres. 

 Another outcome of informal conversations was the 

 resolution [subsequently adopted] by the Council of 

 the Association welcoming the project to convert a 

 portion of Kangaroo Island in South Australia into 

 a Government reserve for the protection of the fast- 

 disappearing native land fauna. 



' The facilities given to members of Section E 

 (Geography) to study on the spot various types of 

 land-forms in Australia were specially valued by 

 those whose interests lie mainly in physical geography. 

 Others had the opportunity of observing the influence 

 of geographical factors, notably temperature and 

 rainfall, upon the more important forms of economic 

 activity in the country. The visit to Western 

 Australia and the excursions to Yanco, Bendigo, and 

 Gympie were of especial interest. Some members 

 took advantage of their stay in the different capitals 

 to make themselves acquainted with the literature 

 relating to the discovery and early settlement of 

 the continent. . . . 



' Opportunities were given wherever possible to 

 allow the anthropologists to see for themselves the 

 aborigines and their craftsmanship. Thus, from 

 Adelaide, ... a party went to Milang on Lake 

 Alexandrina to inspect a number of men, women, 

 and children from the mission station, including 

 some full-blooded aborigines. These gave displays 

 of dancing, boomerang-throwing, hut-building, and 



