Allan McEvey's Southern Victoria Journal No.1: 1967-1984

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. He led numerous field trips throughout Victoria, documenting his observations and discoveries in journals.
McEvey's South Field Journal No.1 details his fieldtrips to locations within central southern Victoria. The locations in this journal include the Dandenongs, Point Cook, Mt Eliza, Wattle Park, Anglesea, Serendip, Wilsons Promontory, Werribee, Westernport, Kinglake, Bunyip Creek, Wonthaggi and Long Forest. 
McEvey is particularly remembered for his contribution to Museum Victoria's 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. The total number of tasks for this dataset is: 230, number transcribed is 230 and number validated is 128.