Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Wed, 29/11/2023 - 10:59
A study by a Museum of Zoology researcher into the letters of the Victorian collector Morton Allport reveals how he built a scientific reputation by exchanging the remains of Tasmanian Aboriginal people and Tasmanian tigers for honours from elite societies.
Read the full story on the University website.
Read the full article from Archives of Natural History
More information is available on the Museum of Zoology website: Colonial Histories of Australian Mammal Collections in Cambridge
