The Victorian Naturalist 



VoL 73— No. 9 DECEMBER 6, 1956^ No. 877 



NATURAL HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA: A LIST OF HISTORICAL PAPERS 



By Bryan Ganukvia* 



Material recently collected for a list of paper* on the history oi medicine 

 in Australia' included a number of artirles in tin* field of natural history- 

 Most nE ihe.se were ultimately excluded Irom the finished work. However, 

 as 1 am aware of no reference list of historical papers m tills field it seemed 

 that there might be some value in their puhli nation. I know that the list mu?l 

 be incomplete. I would be most grateful to learn of omissions.^ which I would 

 undertake to collate and publish as a supplement, In particular T would 

 appreciate notification nf any papers which have a bearing on the medical 

 history of Australia. Far the pa5t two years an effort has been made to collect 

 reprints or journal issues relevant to this study in the Museum of Medina! 

 History, Medical Society of Victoria, and 1 am anxious that the resultant 

 iiltJi and indexes should form as exhaustive a rtierenct work as possible 



The list which follows is limited to historical articles publish p.d in historical 

 journal* in Austral*.!. Separate publications, contributions to overseas journal* 

 and newspaper and popular periodical articles have been excluded. Some 

 papers listed in the major work" are included here when they are concerned 

 predominantly with natural history or an acknowledged naturalist. Althouglt 

 rare lus been taken to ensure that the references are accurate, I regret ihar 

 u eriraplete revision of each entry has not been possible 



Within these hmitatious, which arc unfortunately inevitable as far at lite 

 present writer is concerned, the list is presented in the hope that it may be 

 a useful cuide for research workers and librarians, and perhaps a stimulus 

 to the production of a more elaborate reference work. 



-ACK NOWl in>'MTXT5 



The work of preparing a bibliography oi the history of medicine in Aus- 

 tralia was made possible by a grant received from the Wellcome Foundation 

 and the Victorian Branch of rhe British Medical Association. My thanks »rs 

 due in particular to Dr. £. A Underwood and Dr. F. N. L. Poynter, of the 

 Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library, for their advice Mil 

 fncoitra^ement, and to the lihryries of many institutions in London. Fuller 

 acknowledgment ot help received is marie in the major work. 



KKKt.WKNt K 



J Gand&V&j B. An Aunvtalfd ftibliuyrophy of thf Hinfcry .,•/ MrJvYnrv jg 

 Australia, in course of publication. 



]— nHXJHAl'HY AND AUTOBlOGRAi'liY 



Backhouse, J, 



Giiliert L. A. "Visit of an Earry Naturalist to Victoria" Pint Nat., 1932, 

 fiff- 175. [Relates to the visit oi lames Barkknusc tn Port Phillip in 



1837.] 



• i femora ry Curator, Museum of MctUeril ttist'iry. M<iclir.at Society of Victoria. 



* Owing t*> rhe t$iibuitnm% printer*' M'd.Jtvs, »t if »ecer.$M*y rg poMiflt tJuj Jihum 

 1 057 i>xue during the preceding rmuilh. 



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