THE AUSTRALIAN SLACKS.
PRIMITIVE CAUCASIANS
By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyrignt
Sydney, Tuesday
Dr Mjoberg, trie Swedish explorer, who had charge of the recent scientific research expedition in Westralia, proceeds shortly to Queensland to continue his investigations. He intends to study especially the rain forests, where the last traces of Malayan vegetation remain.
Dr Mjoberg considers the aboringiesthe only primitive Caucasians living and that they have been here thousands of years.
Some specimens were secured in North-west Australia entirely new to science, including a small rodent, some birds, and numerous insects.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 505, 2 October 1912, Page 5
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89THE AUSTRALIAN SLACKS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 505, 2 October 1912, Page 5
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