Person

Mungomery, Reginald William (1901 - 1968)

Born
11 March 1901
Childers, Queensland, Australia
Died
1968
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Reginald Mungomery worked for the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Queensland from 1925. In 1935 he was sent to Hawaii to collect cane toads for introduction to Queensland to control cane beetles. He brought back 102 cane toads by ship and their progeny were distributed in north Queensland shortly after.

Details

Born Childers, Queensland, 11 March 1901. Laboratory Assistant, Commonwealth Prickly Pear Laboratory, Brisbane, May 1923 and later at Westwood; Assistant Entomologist, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland, from March 1925, Assistant Entomologist, Bundaberg 1926-34, Entomologist, Meringa from 1935.

Published resources

Books

  • Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932), 380 pp. Details

Book Sections

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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