,, |C caretaker durmi? my visa in 



feaatvbei He nvjra settmu 



(|1 ,ps lor Rabbits and Pademclons. 



Cape Barren Wand — Kangaroo 

 R,,t s were caughl occasionally by 

 SjJfljMS before Ihe Second Worki War 

 ( H E I nomas, pers. comm.). lhcsc 

 were probably Pototoos. 



Minders Island — I sent .1 I'oioroo. 

 tailed near Flinders Maud Alio- 

 Jr0 ,, lt . m July 1969. to the National 

 Museum of Victoria, b is registration 

 her C 8?39 (J. M. Oivon. pers. 

 h 



shint-nosed Bandicoot \htw,h» 



Flinders Island — Ihe Bandicoot 

 recorded by Backhouse (1843: 85) 

 ftM prohably Ibis species: because 

 the only Bandicoot bones in Mr. 

 H ( . I Smith s collections of bones 

 1mm Minders Island coastal blow- 

 outs were from Short-nosed Bandi- 

 coots (D. G. T. Smith, pers. comm.). 

 Hunteis who worked the eastern 

 awtal plain of Flinders Island 

 between 1921) and 1939 d"d not catch 

 Bandicoots (F. L. Maynard. G A. 

 IFugaville. pers. comm.). 



West Sister Island — Two speci- 

 mens from this island were lodged 

 ,,i the Australian Museum. Sydnev. 

 m 1928 IB L Marlow. pers. oomm I 

 Ihe National Museum of Victoria 

 tins two specimens which I collected 

 M West Sister in l«6ti and 1968. 

 This population could he a rebel one 

 iWhinras. MS). 



Southern Marsupial Mouse 

 \AtUf(him,s minimi") 



Prime Seal j Hummock 1 Island — 

 I r.e Hiit.sh Museum (Natural H.s 

 biry) 4 London, holds a specimen 

 from this island ilhomas. 1888: 

 ZSH). 



Octob«. 1971 



Clurke's Island — A specimen 

 from Clarke's Island was lodged at 

 the Australian Museum. Sydney 111 

 1938 (B. I. Mallow, pers. comm.). 



Flinders Island — Green <l%y. 

 22) mentions two specimens from 

 this island. They are held at Ihe 

 Queen Victoria Museum. Launecs- 

 ton, and were collected in 1 9b I and 

 1967. 



While-looted Sminlhopsis 



Clarke's Island — The Australian 

 Museum. Sydney, has one specimen 

 Irom this island. It was received in 



1928 I B. J Marlow, pers. comm.). 



West Sister Island — One speci- 

 men from West Sister w,is lodged at 

 the South Australian Museum in lale 



1929 or early 1931) (p. F. Aitkcn. 

 pers. comm. I. 1 he National Museum 

 of Victoria has a specimen which was 

 collected on Ihe island in 1 968 



Fast Sister Island — While-footed 

 Smiuthopsrs were introduced to this 

 island bv a former lessee and were 

 still present in 1966 (A. F. Ulyth. 

 pers. comm ) 



Pygmy Possum ( CcmirwlHs IftMUft 



Flinders. Island — The Queen Vic- 

 toria Museum, LauneeMon. has a 

 specimen obtained from ibis isl.nid 

 111 l'J65 (tireeu. 196* -22). Another 

 was sent to Ibis museum fiom Flin- 

 ders Island in August (K. H. 

 Green, ocrs. comm.). 



( ape Barren Island — "Possum 

 Mice" *crc caught on the island m 

 ihe 1950s r>\ people Sitting Grass 

 l,ce gtMlj <S. I Mansell. pers. 

 comm t I hey probahly were f m ./»- 



icuix tumtth 



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