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later presented to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In later 
years other aspects of his wide interests in natural science left 
him less time to devote to botany. 
Perhaps there v/as an element of fortuity in his entry on the 
fields of zoology and palaentology, where he was to win his 
greatest distinction. In 1911 he joined the staff of the Queens- 
land museum. F. M. Bailey, in his headquarters at the Botanic 
Gardens, dominated botany in the State, and the work at the 
Museum was predominantly zoological. Mr. Longman maintained 
his interest in plant science, as is shown by the publication of 
papers on such topics as the flora of Masthead Island and 
the flora of a single rain forest tree on Tamborine Mountain, the 
latter written in collaboration with C. T. White. He did not, how- 
ever, undertake any of the more detailed tasks of botanical 
taxonomy. 
In 1917 he was appointed Director of the Queensland 
Museum, a post he held until his retirement in 1945. Most of his 
publications, which amounted to more than seventy papers, were 
published in the Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, and out- 
standing amongst them were his contributions to vertebrate 
palaentology. It was these that established his international 
reputation. Amongst the new genera he described were two 
dinosaurs (Rhoetosaurus and Austrosaurus). marine reptiles 
(Kronosaurus and Cratochelone), a fish (Flindersicthys) and a 
marsupial (Euryzygoma). There were, too, important contribu- 
tions to the living fauna of the State. Members of the Royal 
Society of Queensland and the Queensland Naturalists' Club 
remember with pleasure the numerous occasions on which with 
characteristic lucidity and contagious enthusiasm he lectured on 
zoological and palaentological topics. Sometimes these were 
under the more formal conditions of presentation of a research 
paper, but at most meetings he would be apt to produce an 
exhibit of outstanding interest. Whether the exhibit was of a 
newly recorded species or something of common occurrence he 
had the facility of arousing the keenest attention in his audience. 
Aboriginal skulls, native weapons, live reptiles, insects, fish, 
birds, Barrier Reef specimens, artifacts and fossils took on a new 
interest as • he spoke. As he handled his specimens it was 
obvious that he thoroughly enjoyed sharing his pleasure in them. 
Heber Longman's love of his chosen work, his erudite but 
simple style of lecturing, and his wide background of experience 
were the features of his educational work in the community. He 
was equally at home in talking about natural history to the 
school children who regularly visited the Museum, and in philo- 
sophical discussions with his academic colleagues. His interests 
ranged from the study of the life history of a spider to theological 
argument. 
On his retirement from the Museum he continued his educa- 
tional work by contributing a regular column on Nature's Ways 
to the "Courier-Mail." He lost none of that power of stimulating 
interest in natural history by leaving the lecturing field and 
reaching a wider audience through his articles. Week by week 
thousands of h^'s readers followed with interest his accounts of 
the birds that visited his garden at Chelmer, or his essays on the 
wild life of Queensland. 
With Mrs. Longman, who herself has served Queensland with 
distinction in public life, he maintained open house for a wide 
circle of friends and visitors to the State. Their home, set amongst 
