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.
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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
- Leverington, K.C., 'Mungomery, Reginald William (1901-1972), Entomologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 440-441. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150510b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537267. Details
- 'Mungomery, Reginald William (19010311-19681231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467777. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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