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THE native animals and plants of Australia are of - exceptional interest, and many of them are likely to disappear, or at least to become rare, as the result of the extension of the settled areas of the country-a process which has already been in operation for many years. The Trustees of the British Museum, recognising the importance of securing an adequate representation of this remarkable fauna and flora while there is yet time, have made arrangements for a collecting expedition, which started from London a few days ago. Mr. G. H. Wilkins, to whom the leadership has been entrusted, has special qualifications for carrying out his task with success. He is Australian by birth, and he has a good knowledge of the country, where he has many friends from whom he may expect to receive valuable assistance. He has travelled extensively in various parts of the world, and he has already acted as naturalist to several important expeditions. He spent four years, 1913–1917, on the coast of Alaska and in the Beaufort Sea, as a member of the Stefansson Canadian Arctic Expedition. In 1920 he visited Graham Land with the Cope Expedition, and in 1921–22 he was with the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, in the Quest, visiting South Georgia and the Antarctic Quadrant from Enderby Land to Coats Land. On the return journey valuable collections were made at Gough Island.
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An Australasian Biological Collecting Expedition. Nature 111, 272–273 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111272b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111272b0