The Australian Museum Magazine - Vol. V. Nos. 1-4 January-December 1933

Dewey number at tail of spine "069MUS". Rubber stamp "Taranaki Museum". Spines rubbed with some small chips and tears.; Quarterly publication. Four issues, Vol. V Nos. 1-4: Jan-Mar 1933, Apr-Jun 1933, Jul-Sep 1933, Oct-Dec 1933. 144 pages + advertisements. Printed card covers. Page dimensions: 246 x 185mm. Black and white photographic illustrations. Vol V No. 4 with colour illustration on front cover, Scarley Honey eaters, and one colour plate of poisonous spiders. Includes advertisements. Various contributors. Contents of these issues: Our Native Slug; Areca, Betel and Lime - A Primitive Narcotic; Aquatic Insects; The Maternal Instinct in Insects; The Natural History of Rarotonga; Some Aboriginal Beliefs and Customs; Shells in the Waterhouse Collection; George Tobin, A Neglected-Naturalist; Sea-Stars and Their Allies; Silk Culture; Leeches; Ernst Johannes Schmidt - An Appreciation; Feast and Ceremonial in Native Life; The Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Company, Limited, Mineral Collection; An Aboriginal Art Gallery; Bird Economics; Silk and Its Economics; Some Household Insect Pests, Part I; Through Tropic Queensland; Azurite Crystals from Broken Hill; A Recently Acquired Collection of Minerals; Coral and the Great Barrier Reef; The Oldest Human Implements and Their Discoverer; The Poisonous Spiders of Australia; Frogs and Toads; Some Household Insect Pests - Part II; Impressions of Tasmania.

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Publisher: Trustees of the Australian Museum

Year: 1933

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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