Series 21 - Natural History Specimens


Date Range1961 - 1988
Quantity100 cm, 38 bags
ProvenanceJames Hamlyn Willis
Description

Various plant and animal specimens collected by, or donated to Willis.
Emu eggs and droppings; seed pods; plant and insect samples; skull; bark with insect scribbles; snake skin (Brown snake); hardcover book containing pressed specimens of New Zealand ferns; sample of Kauri pine timber (Agathis species) from sub-fossilised log (1 million years old, Pliocene Age); cross section of fossilized Phyllocladus aspleniifolius (celery-top pine) found in Oligocene deposits at Bacchus Marsh brown coal mine (APM Maddingley Open Cut).

ArrangedSpecimens generally held in clearly labelled containers i.e. boxes and bags, etc. No overall system of arrangement (alphabetical, chronological) is apparent.

Inventory Listing

21-1 Emu Eggs

Collected at Coranderrk Bushland Reserve, Healesville, Victoria, 1978. Specimens collected by J.H. Willis. Inscription in J.H. Willis's hand reads 'found coddled and malodorous in an abandoned nest along flat of Badger's Creek opposite the Bush Hut.'

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 1978    Quantity 6 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00557 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-2 Brown snake skin from "Rockbank", Wulgulmerang, Victoria.

Specimen collected by J.H. Willis

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 3 December 1962    Quantity 2 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00558 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-3 Emu Droppings

Emu droppings with Cycad seeds collected at Hill River Springs, Western Australia. Specimen collected by J.H. Willis

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range October 1961    Quantity 3 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00559 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-4 Apiomorpha Gall

Apiomorpha gall collected from fallen branch, South end of Sealer's Cove, Wilson's Promontory, Victoria. Specimen collected by Mavis Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 5 October 1988    Quantity 2 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00560 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-5 Bird Droppings

Bird droppings collected under red gums in creek bed, ten miles east of Hart's Range Racecourse, Central Australia. Specimen collected by Mavis Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 30 may 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00561 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-6 Cranium and upper Mandible of a sea-bird

Cranium and upper Mandible of a sea-bird, collected at Merimbula Beach, New South Wales.
Specimen collected by Meredith Churchyard.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 17 January 1978    Quantity 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00562 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-7 Kangaroo Tick

Kangaroo tick collected at Walyunga National Park, Darling River, Western Australia.
Specimen collected by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 16 October 1977    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00563 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-8 Kauri Pine Timber

Kauri pine timber (Agathis species), collected from sub fossilised log (one million years old, Pilocene Age), found at Langi Logam Mine near Arrarat, Victoria. Sample donated to J.H. Willis by W. Baragwanath, 18 December 1961. Silky oak case made and donated by Eyre Swarbreck, July 1962. See reference in Victorian Naturalist, 33:76 (September 1916)

Creator William Baragwanath
Date range 18 December 1961 - July 1962    Quantity 12 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00564 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-9 Fruits of Baobab Tree

Fruits of Baobab (Boab) tree (Adansonia gregorii).

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Quantity 4 cm, 1 bag Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00565 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-10 Pods of Kapok or Cotton Tree

Pods of Kapok or Cotton Tree (Cochlospermum).

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Quantity 4 cm, 1 bag Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00566 Box Number 1 Series 21
21-11 Queensland Black Bean

Queensland Black Bean collected at Upper Logan River, near Jimboomba, Queensland.
Specimen collected by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 29 June 1982    Quantity 4 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00567 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-12 Mangrove

Mangrove, (Buttressed root), collected at Pauline Bay, North Kimberleys, Western Australia.
Specimen collected by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 26 June 1984    Quantity 6 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00568 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-13 Fruits of Euc Miniata

Fruits of Euc Miniata, collected at Jasper Gorge, Northern Territory. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 3 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00569 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-14 Babab Pod

Pod taken from an old Babab, collected east end of Jasper Creek, Northern Territory. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 5 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00570 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-15 Fruits of Eucalyptis Spachyphylla

Fruits of Eucalyptis Spachyphylla, collected south-west of Mt. Bruce, Hammersley Range National Park, Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 17 August 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00571 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-16 Baobab Seeds

Baobab Seeds, collected at Geikie Gorge, Fitzroy, Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 17 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00572 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-17 Pandorea Voratoxylon Seeds

Pandorea Voratoxylon seeds collected at Mt. Riddoch, Central Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 26 May 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00573 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-18 Euc Grandifolia Fruits and Buds

Euc Grandifolia fruits and buds and white-barked bloodwood. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 11 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00574 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-19 Eremophila Bignoniiflora Seeds

Eremophila Bignoniiflora seeds collected from Sturt Creek, Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 14 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00575 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-20 Acacia Seeds

Acacia seeds collected from Sturt Creek , Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 14 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00576 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-21 Bark Shales from Old Adansonia Gregonii

Bark shales from old Adansonia Gregonii, collected at King River, East Kimberleys, Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 10 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00577 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-22 Clitoria Ternatia Seeds

Clitoria Ternatia seeds collected at Derby, Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 29 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00578 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-23 Erythrophleum Chlorostachys Seeds

Erythrophleum Chlorostachys seeds collected at Bastia Hill, Wyndham, Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 9 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00579 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-24 Crotalaria Verricosa Seeds

Crotalaria Verricosa seeds collected at Fitzroy River Bridge, near Derby, Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 30 July 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00580 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-25 Shrubby Ipomaea Seeds

Shrubby Ipomaea seeds collected at 'Billituna, south of Hall's Creek. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 15 July 1974    Quantity 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00581 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-26 Cassia Seeds

Casia seeds collected at Mt. Zeil, Central Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 13 June 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00582 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-27 Seeds Under Terminalia Platyphylla

seeds from under large elm-like Terminalia Platyphylla collected at King River, Wyndham, Western Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 11 September 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00583 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-28 Melon Seeds

Melon seeds collected near Napperby, date unknown. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Quantity 1 cm, 2 bags Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00584 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-29 Cassia Nemophila Seeds

Cassia Nemophila seeds collected at Simpson's Gap, Central Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 6 June 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00585 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-30 Livistonia Mariae Seeds

Livistonia Mariae seeds collected at Palm Valley. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 25 June 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00586 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-31 Macrozamia Macdonnellii Seeds

Macrozamia Macdonnellii seeds collected at Mt. Palmer, Hart's Range, Central Australia. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 28 May 1974    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00587 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-32 Brachychiton Targe-Leaved Seeds

Brachychiton Targe-Leaved seeds collected north of 'Billuluna', south of Hall's Creek, Western Australia, date unknown. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range Date unknown    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00588 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-33 Kurrajon and Baobab Seeds

Kurrajon and Baobab seeds collected Gibb Road, West Kimberley, Western Australia, date unknown. Sample taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00589 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-34 Unidentified Seed

Unidentified seed. Sample possibly taken by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range Date unknown    Quantity 1 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00590 Box Number 2 Series 21
21-35 Insect Scribbles on Bark

Insect scribbles on shed bark of White Sallee (Eucalyptus pauciflora), collected at Naas Creek, below Mt. Clear, south portion of A.C.T. Specimen collected by J.H. Willis and Colin Tottendell.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 23 September 1988    Quantity 7 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00591 Box Number 3 Series 21
21-36 Section of a Celery-Top Pine Log

Section of a well preserved cross section of fossilised (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius (Celery--Top Pine) log collected from Oligocene deposits in Bacchus Marsh Brown Coal Mine, early 1963. Newspaper clippings regarding the now extinct Celery-Top Pine, estimated to be over 30 million years old. Specimen donated by W. Barawanath, September 1964, polished by Eyre Swarbreck, November 1964.

Creator William Baragwanath
Date range 1963    Quantity 27 cm, 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00592 Box Number 3 Series 21
21-37 New Zealand Ferns

Pressed specimens of New Zealand ferns in hardcover book, 28.5 x 40 cm x 4 cm., compiled by J.H. Willis.

Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range Date unknown    Quantity 1 bag
Formats Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier WILL00593 Box Number 4 Series 21

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, November 2000
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