GREAT BARRIER REEF
BRITISH EXPEDITION WILL INVESTIGATE (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian P.A. —United Service) LC'NDON, Saturday. An expedition organised by the British Association to investigate the biological mysteries of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, sailed to-day by the Ormonde. The party included Mrs. Yonge, medical officer, and Dr. C. M. Yonge, who is in charge. The trip will cost £IO,OOO. The expedition took a wireless plant, and five tons of apparatus. The members will live in huts in the low islands, and sometimes will visit the mainland.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 365, 28 May 1928, Page 9
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