[Diary, 6th Expedition to New Guinea] March 13, 1959 to February 21, 1960
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12th Month DECEMBER 1959 31 Days 283 21 MONDAY 355-10 BRISBANE → INNISFAIL SHOPPED FOR PRESENTS. FLEW INSIDE OF HINCHINBROOK ISLAND. SUPER VISCOUNT T.A.A. TO TOWNESVILLE. FRIENDSHIP TO INNISFAIL. 10:00 - 4:30 JOHN HARRISON MET ME AT AIRPORT. EXCHANGE HOTEL. MET DAN WILTHOF + WIFE, DR. + MRS. JOHN BULMAN. DINNER AT HARRIS- ONS — CHINESE-MALAY — WONDERFUL. DAN IS FULBRIGHT WORKING ON HERPS. JOHN H. HAS 2 SONS. 284 22 TUESDAY 356-9 INNISFAIL WORKED AT Q.I. OF M.R. LEE EMANUEL TOOK ME OUT TO SEE WHERE TRAPS WERE SET. MEASURED SKULLS. HAD WILTHOFS TO DINNER + THEN TO BULMAN'S FOR EVENING. BILL MARKWELL, WHO KNOWS NORTH VERY WELL, ALSO CAME IN. 285 23 WEDNESDAY 357-8 INNISFAIL AT Q.I.M.R. FIELD STATION. MEASURED SKULLS. JOHN GAVE ME ALL HIS BANDICOOT SKULLS + A FEW OTHER ODD SKULLS. BOUGHT SUITCASE TO HOLD THEM ALL. MET DR. + MRS. WILLIAM MARKWELL. ORCHID GARDEN. SENT ME OUT TO VISIT BILL BOYD WHO GROWS PLANTS; HE GAVE ME 2 FOR MRS. COLLINS. HAD JOHN + HIS WIFE + CHILDREN AT HOTEL FOR DINNER. SHOWED CAPE YORK SLIDES AFTER DINNER.