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Ref No	LDGSL/99
Title	Drawings of fossil mammal bones from a cave in Wellington Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Date	[1830]
Date Note	Accompanying paper was dated October 1830 according to the Proceedings.
Level	File
Extent	3 items
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Thomas Livingstone MITCHELL, drawings of fossil mammal bones from a cave in Wellington Valley, New South Wales, Australia, [1830]. Sheet VIII : rat & kangaroo limb bones - jaws and vertebrae Sheet IX: wombat, kangaroo, koala, Dasyurus- teeth and jaws Sheet X: Dugong [corrected to Diprodotodon opatum], Dasyurus/Didelphis urina, Wombat/Phascolomys Mitchellii - jaws and limb bones
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Provenance	Accompanied paper read before the Society on 11 April 1831, the original fossils were also donated to the Museum at the same time.
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	English
Related Material	Referee report of the original accompanying paper, at GSL/COM/P/4/2/106.
Publication Note	Accompanying paper published (but drawings were not included) as: Mitchell, T L. "An account of the limestone caves at Wellington Valley", 'Proceedings of the Geological Society' vol 1 (1831), pp321-322.
ArchNote	Description by John Thackray
CreatorName	MITCHELL \| Sir \| Thomas Livingstone \| 1792-1855 \| surveyor and explorer in Australia
Subject	Caves
	Cave deposits
	Metatheria

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/109	MITCHELL; Sir; Thomas Livingstone (1792-1855); surveyor and explorer in Australia	1792-1855

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA149	New South Wales
NA111	Australia

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