NORFOLK ISLAND.
ITS ZOOLOGICAL RELATIONS
By Cable- 1 -Press Association -Copyright Melbourne. June SO.
Mr. Douglas Laurie, zoologist, of the University of Liverpool, half arrived by the Orama. He will lcavl lor Norfolk Island shortly to ascertain; the zoological and geographical position of the island It is uncertain whether it is Australian. New Zealand or Polynesian It H generally imagined that] New Zealand was once joined to Loul Howe and Norfolk Islands. If so, thi animals in Norfolk Inland should show, a relationship to New Zealand, rathfr than to Australia. j
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 35, 1 July 1914, Page 5
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91NORFOLK ISLAND. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 35, 1 July 1914, Page 5
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