Clill worked tirelessly on the collec- 

 linn and study ol local becs. resulting 

 lnially in the naming ol thirty new 

 species. Of Ihese. three were named 

 jiff the collector, and live after 1 lie 

 ilisluct. 



The years 1951 to 1963 also saw a 

 ,ic>. tlopmcni in Cltll's already deep 

 mutes! in birds, when he undertook 

 ID drgauKG the collection of beach 

 washed specimens from the wild, and 

 storm lashed shore ol Discovers Uay. 

 In all. ,i W<ft] ol almost live thousand 

 s.nls was collected by ClilT and his 

 hcl|vrs, including the record total ol 

 mac hundred and fifty collected bj 



( lill and his wile on one ilay in 

 \ugvsl, 1919. Anyone inclined to dis- 

 miss Ihis woik as a pleasant way to 

 spend a day at the seaside, should try 

 uirving the carcases ol two alha- 

 :ios<es across a mile or WO Ol soft 

 ,,ne I ho Bcaiigleholc lamily have 

 •.I-. at memories of the preparation <SJ 

 skeletal nialert.il In natural decom- 

 position, which look place m specially 

 mult wire racks m the farm yard. 

 Ilu-sc skeletons were eventually 



siuii.)ted to mageumf fa VhhriIw yd 



rite United Stales Hits project greatly 

 ■ stended knowledge of the sea birds 

 .is,i,ne CAM shores, and several records 

 ol nCM spec.es #ae added to the Aus- 

 tralian and S ictoriun lists 



Also dufiug the 1950s Clill nude 

 an evtensiu -ut.cv ol the many cues 



cil soulh-wesl Victor culled or 



•ivord hWC dcjuw.Ls He had long 

 Itevn avs..rt ol the seleniitk value o| 

 lliesje. and becoming disturbed at 

 the k'ss o| material c.nisei! In rub- 

 bish tlMinrnriy In ihe CiWA, escalations 

 nn road making materials, and lv, the 

 indiscriminate scavenger (« ..hotigiu.J 

 irnpk'menrs The culmination Ol this 

 w is the discover v (if a huge depict ui 

 Mcl .-.cheni s De#h Trap C ave IV 

 rwcen January and March. |9M. ( iiif 

 :.nd 1 red Pavics ol I'otlland led a 

 leant ot local naturalists in the excava- 



tion and sieving ol several Ions ol 

 cave sediments. As a result, identi- 

 fiable remains s< mie two thousand 

 animals were recovered, from Sep- 

 tcmhei, 1964, io mid- 1 965 a second 

 stage in the excavation was carried 

 out under the supervision ol Norman 

 Wakefield « I U'nnan \al 84. 863-8?) 

 which yielded a further several 

 hundredweight of bones. The liti.il 

 assessment of all this material will 

 add immensely to knowledge of the 

 I'aunal succession ol the aren. 



In spite of the time given to a multi- 

 tude of special natural history pro- 

 jects — olten the collection of material 

 for others engaged in panieulai re 

 search — ClilT continued his botanical 

 exploration, graduallv moving into 

 new and wider fields, both hotanie.tlh 

 and geographically. He branched out 

 into ihe diHkult field of non-vascular 

 plants ,,nd covered the whole soulh 

 west area ol Vicloria in search ol 

 mosses, liverworts and lichens He 

 also studied and collected the fresh 

 water anil marine algae ol his locality, 

 discovering ai least seven species of 

 seaweeds pi evanish unknown to 

 science. His interest in mosses and 

 lung, has been ;i continuing one. bis 

 ama/.ing .ih.l.ls lo seek out and recog- 

 nise new and lure spveies has added 

 immensely to scientific knowledge 

 Mails ol his ikni-v;isci)laf discoveries 

 from all pans ol Australia, and f .>rd 

 How. Isl.ind. p .iriienl.ith ot lung., 

 »lilt await sludy and classification. 



in Ihv 196<i\ ( lift widened hit* 

 hoti/oits still further, atid undertook 

 two trip-, to Lotd Mosvc Island, one 

 long Irip through ( c ud .it North pnJ 

 West Austtaha. and iliiee slmrtci tups 

 fo CfiW^I Allytulia, On each Ol 

 these trips he made cAtCTIMYC botanical 



following his iillirn lr»Mn I ini'.il 

 Ausltaha in 1967. he embarked on a 

 lull scale hoiamcal survey of the 

 Grampians, believing that in spite ol 



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