Cape York Fauna Survey A fauna survey of Cape York Peninsula is being undertaken by the Environmental Resources Information Network, a unit of the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. The Macleay Museum holds specimens collected on Cape York in the 19th century. ERIN is funding the preparation of catalogues of birds, mammals and reptiles from the area in the Museum's collections. The work will be completed by the end of September. Volunteers Museums always have more work to be done than staff members to do it.
Volunteers help to fill the gap.
The Macleay Museum has been fortunate in attracting dedicated volunteers who work regularly every week often over a period of years. The late Joan Stuart and the late Thelma Bush spent many years working with Lydia Bushell on the Anthropology collections. Their long-standing contributions greatly assisted with the cataloguing and documentation of these collections. Dr Val Havyatt, working with Julian Holland, has provided expert curatorial assistance with the Scientific Instrument Collection for several years. Each of these three volunteers received a Macleay Museum medal of appreciation.