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Milligan, Alexander William (1858 - 1921)

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Natural history collector and Ornithologist
Born: 1858  Sulky Gully, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 30 March 1921.
Alexander William Milligan was Honorary Consulting Ornithologist to the Western Australian Museum 1901-1908 (?). He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union Checklist Committee that produced the first Official Check-list of the Birds of Australia (1912).

Career Highlights
Born Sulky Gully, near Ballarat, Victoria 1858. Died St Kilda, Victoria, 30 March 1921. Educated at Guildford, near Castlemaine. Moved to Western Australia in 1897 and appointed temporary accountant, Department of Lands and Surveys; clerk, firm of legal practitioners in Perth; Honorary Consulting Ornithologist to the Western Australian Museum from 1901; travelled extensively in south western Australia, collecting; legal firm, Victoria from 1908. Foundation member, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1901, member of Checklist Committee that produced the first Official Check-list of the Birds of Australia, adopted at Launceston, 19th November 1912, with report. A number of birds were named after him by G.M. Mathews (q.v.).
 

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