Allan McEvey's Islands Journal: 1964

This journal chronicles Allan McEvey's 1964 expedition to the islands of Bass Strait: Flinders Island, Cape Barren Island, Albatross Island, Glennie Island and Anser Island. McEvey was accompanied on this expedition by other prominent ornithologists, including Graham Pizzey.
Allan Reginald McEvey became the Curator of Birds at the National Museum of Victoria in 1955. For the next 30 years he made an invaluable contribution to the museum’s ornithological collection, particularly to the avian osteological (bone) collection, which he developed into one of the best in the world. He was President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) from 1968 to 1969 and was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1980.
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