148 150 [illegible] educational purposes. There [illegible] in a [illegible] room which held 160 people. No woman in staff (Mack, Maud (young Protestant), Vernon & another [illegible]. Mack, a self confident man, and his brother. Very critical of Europeans. [illegible] work on Malaysian-Australian rats, published ca. 1950. Says that a new rat species described from Cape Town [illegible] was belonging to the species to which it was allocated. Mack, for comparison, had been [illegible] Thomas types from the British Museum. Learned from Maud that Tim Blake now has a doctorate, based on his published work. [illegible]. To Warwick, Tannum Sands & Dalby 1916. Left Brisbane by [illegible] train late afternoon & arrived Warwick in about an hour. Stayed overnight with brother Eric in suburb of Warwick. 1916. Went on to Toowoomba by [illegible] train; about 12 hours. Visited the [illegible] until evening when I left for Dalby by rail motor, arriving at 8.50 PM. [illegible] and motor car journey, but would not be bad to learn that [illegible] if they did not make so many stops. Dalby is 50 miles from Toowoomba, 150 from Brisbane. Stayed with brother Brian. 2016. Gave with Brian & his family to the very [illegible] Junction Man, [illegible] a [illegible] on the Condamine River to the property of course Beverly Littleton. Touring in fine shape of a season of ample rains. Large scale farming of wheat, grain [illegible] (wheat), canary seed, turnip, lucerne, etc. 1800 dairying & sheep raising, principally for the fat lamb trade. Great property. The man on the land has done well since World War II. 215. Returned to Toowoomba by rail motor to stay with the [illegible]. Town prosperous & growing fast. Population now ca. 63,000. Second largest town in Queensland. [illegible] Returned to Brisbane by [illegible].