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E. J. Banfield as Naturalist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Robert Zeller
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Visitors to Dunk Island these days can choose to stay at an expensive resort. They may arrive by air at the island's airstrip or by regular boat service from the mainland. They can sail, swim or snorkel. And if they take one of the walking tracks, they may find the cairn that marks the resting place of E. J. Banfield and his wife Bertha, who lived on the island from 1897 to 1923. I would guess that few of those who encounter the site know who Banfield was or what he was doing on Dunk — or even why they should care.

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Queensland Review , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , April 2004 , pp. 17 - 25
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