THE KALGOORLIE WHALE BONE, A PROBABLE EXAMPLE OF LONG RANGE ABORIGINAL TRANSPORT OF A MARINE OBJECT
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 14 (1988–1990) | Updated 27 Feb 2013
Introduction : A disc-shaped whale bone found in 1897 at an inland Aboriginal campsite 20 km south of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia (Figures 1, 2) suggests the diversity of marine and other objects distributed through long-range tribal exchange networks. ...
A NEW SPECIES OF FALSE ANTECHINUS (MARSUPIALIA DASYURIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH REMARKS ON THE GENERIC CLASSIFICATION WITHIN THE PARANTECHINI
Abstract : Pseudantechinus woolleyae sp. nov., frqm the Pilbara, Ashburton, Murchison and Little Sandy Desert regions of Western Australia, is described as a new species. It is pheneticaIly closest to Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis and phylogenetically c ...
A NEW SPECIES OF MEALYBUG (INSECTA HOMOPTERA PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : The adult female and the first instar nymph of Eucalyptococcus hakeae sp. nov. are described and illustrated. The genus Eucalyptococcus is redefined and a key to the species is provided. ...
A NEW CTENOTUS (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : A new skink, Ctenotus angusticeps , is described from Airlie Island, off the northwest coast. ...
A NEW FRESHWATER CATFISH (PISCES ARIIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : A new species of fork-tailed catfish is described on the basis of 31 specimens collected in northern Australia between the Fitzroy River (Western Australia) and the Mitchell River (Queensland). Arius midgleyi sp. novo grows to at least 1.3 m TL ...
A NEW RHINOPLOCEPHALUS ( SERPENTES ELAPIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Storr et al. (1986: 104) mentioned that two snakes from Scaddan (430 km SW of the rest of the species' range) possibly represented a third subspecies of Rhinoplocephalus spectabilis . An additional two specimens have confirmed the distinct ...
A NEW SPECIES OF FALSE ANTECHINUS (MARSUPIALIA DASYURIDAE) FROM THE KIMBERLEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Pseudantechinus ningbing sp. nov., recognised as a species in literature, is herein formally described. It is widely distributed in the Kimberley district, Western Australia. ...
THE SUBSPECIES OF DIPLODACTYLUS SPINIGERUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE)
Abstract : The gecko Diplodactylus spinigerus is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is divisible into two subspecies: D. s. spinigerus Gray of the west coast and D. s. inornatus subsp. nov. from further east. ...
THE SIZE OF LITTLE PENGUINS EUDYPTULA MINOR, ON PENGUIN ISLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Little Penguins Eudyptula minor on Penguin Island, Western Australia are consistently heavier and have larger bills than conspecifics elsewhere in Australia or New Zealand. No latitudinal or other geographical trend in size is apparent. ...
OBSERVATIONS ON THE MARINE DISTRIBUTION OF TROPICBIRDS SOOTY AND BRIDLED TERNS, AND GADFLY PETRELS FROM THE EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN
baraui and P. rostrata recorded during the cruise suggest that these gadfly petrels are seasonal visitors ...