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Tunney, John Thomas (1871 - 1929) |
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| Born: 11 October 1871 Kojonup, Western Australia, Australia. Died: 10 June 1929 Kojonup, Western Australia, Australia. | ||
| John Thomas Tunney worked as a collector for the Western Australian Museum 1895-1906. He collected throughout Western Australia and in 1902-03 made a collecting trip to the Northern Territory for Lord Rothschild of the Tring Museum. G.M. Mathews (q.v.) named a number of species after him. |
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| Born Kojonup, Western Australia, 11 October 1871. Died Kojonup, 10 June 1929. Educated Albany. Messenger, Kojonup Post Office; construction gang erecting the overland telegraph between Albany and Eucla; suvey party for an English land company in the south-west of Western Australia; mining survey company in the Coolgardie, Norseman and Ravensthorpe districts; natural history collector for the Western Australian Museum 1895-1906; farming, Kojonup until his death. |
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