Biographical entry: Banks, Sir Joseph (1745 - 1820)
- Born
- 1745
- Died
- 1820
Summary
Report concerning Aboriginal inhabitants and fauna of New Holland, including Port Jackson, King George Sound, Keppel Bay and Gulf of Carpentaria, n.d. Author not stated, but thought to be an accomplished anatomist who accompanied Flinders on coastal exploration 1800-1803. Contains details of anthropometry carried out in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Keppel Bay. Copy of original held in Mitchell Library: Banks' Papers, Bradboume Collection, Vol.3 A.78-. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)