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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.
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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.