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Note from the Honorary Editor: 
This column in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western 
Australia helps to link the various disciplines and inform 
others of the broad spectrum of achievements of WA 
scientists (or others writing about WA). References are 
abstracted from Current Contents by searching for Western 
Australia in the title and abstract. The references are 
separated into Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences. 
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