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Plants of the Past THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SYDNEY SEPTEMBER 15, 1962 Registered at the General Post Office. Sydney, for transmission as a periodical VoL. XIV, No. 3 PRICE, THREE SHILLINGS THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM HYDE PARK, SYDNEY BO ARD OF TRUS TEES PRESIDENT: l:MERIT US PROFESSOR A. P . ELKIN, M.A., Pll.D. C ROWN TRUSTEE: F. B. SPENCER . OFF IC IAL TRUSTEES: T HE H O THE C HI EF J USTICE. T H E HON . T HE PRESIDENT OF T H E L EGISLATIVE COU 'C IL. THE HON . TH E CHIEF SECRETARY. THE HO!'\. THE A I'TORNEY·GENERA L. THE HON. THE TREASURER. 'I H E H ON. T H E M l ISTE R FOR P UBLIC WORKS. THE HO '. THE M IN ISTER FOR EDUCATION. THE AUDITOR-GENERA L. T HE PRESIDENT OF T H E EW SOU fH W A LES M EDICAL BOARD. THE SURVEYO R-GENERA L AND C H IEF SURVEYOR. T H E CROWN SOLICITOR. EL ECTIVE T R USTEES: 0. G . VICK ERY, B.E. , M.l.E. (Aust.). FRAI\K W. H ILL. EMERIT US J' KOfESSUR t\. 1'. ELKIN, M .A., G. A. JOH 'SON. Ph. D. PROFESSOR J . R. A. McMILLAN , M.S .. F. M cDOWELL. IJ.Sc.Agr. R. J. N OBLE, C.B.E., B.Sc.Agr., M.Sc .. Ph.D. E. A. J . HYDE. E. J. KENNY, M .Au st. l.M.M. PRO !'ESSOK. R. L. CROC KER, D .Sc. F. L. S. BELL, M .A., F.R.A.l. S. HAVILAND, C .B.E. DIRECTOR: J. W. EVANS, Sc.D. DEPUTY DiRECTOR: H . 0. FLETCH ER, M.Sc. SCI ENTIFIC STAFF: Birds: H . J. de S. DISNEY, M .A ., Curator. Reptiles and Amphibians: H . G. C OGGER. M .Sc .. Curator. Mammals: B. J. MARLOW, B.Sc., Curator. Fishes: G. 1'. WHITLEY, F . R.Z.S., Curator. Insects and Arachnids: C. N. SMITHERS, M.Sc., Curator: D. K. McALPI NE. M .Sc .. A ssistant Curator. Molluscs: D . F. McMIC H AEL, M.A., Ph.D ., Curator. Crustacea and Coelenterates: J . C. YALDWYN. M.Sc .. Ph.D. Worms and Echinoderms: ELIZABETH C. POPE, M.Sc., Curator. Minerals and Rocks: R. 0. CH ALMERS, A.S.T.C.. Curator. Fo ssils: H . 0. FLETCHER, M .Sc., Curator. Anthropology: F. D. McCARTHY, Dip.Anthrop.. Curator. E DIT O RIAL ASSIST ANT AND P UBLIC ED UCATION OFFICER: R ELATIONS O FFICER P ATRICI A M. M cDONALD. B.Sc .. Dip.Ed. 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