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1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land

Index 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land

In February 1948, a team of Australian and American researchers and support staff came together in northern Australia to begin, what was then, one of the largest scientific expeditions ever to have taken place in Australia—the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (also known as the Arnhem Land Expedition). [1]

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Arnhem Land

Arnhem Land is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Art Gallery of New South Wales

The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia.

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Art Gallery of South Australia

The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), located on the cultural boulevard of North Terrace in Adelaide, is one of three significant visual arts museums in the Australian state of South Australia.

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Art Gallery of Western Australia

The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) is a public State art gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth, Western Australia.

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Australian Museum

The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology.

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Charles P. Mountford

Charles Pearcy Mountford (8 May 189016 November 1976) was an Australian anthropologist and photographer.

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Groote Eylandt

Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the fourth largest island in Australia.

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Gunbalanya, Northern Territory

Gunbalanya (also spelt Kunbarllanjnja, and historically referred to as Oenpelli) is an Aboriginal community in west Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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National Gallery of Victoria

The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world.

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National Museum of Australia

The National Museum of Australia preserves and interprets Australia's social history, exploring the key issues, people and events that have shaped the nation.

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National Museum of Natural History

The National Museum of Natural History is a natural-history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Queensland Art Gallery

The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Raymond Specht

Raymond Louis Specht (born July 19, 1924) is an Australian plant ecologist, conservationist and academic, who participated in the Arnhem Land Scientific Expedition of 1948.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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South Australian Museum

The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856.

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State Herbarium of South Australia

The State Herbarium of South Australia (sometimes called the South Australian Herbarium, and having the herbarium code, AD) is located in Adelaide, South Australia.

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State Library of South Australia

The State Library of South Australia, located on North Terrace, Adelaide, is the official library of the Australian state of South Australia.

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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Yirrkala

Yirrkala is an indigenous community in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, 18 km South-East from the large mining town of Nhulunbuy.

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1948 Arnhem Land Expedition, American-Australian Scientific Expedition, American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land Expedition, Mountford Expedition.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_American-Australian_Scientific_Expedition_to_Arnhem_Land

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