Person

Merrilees, Duncan

Occupation: Archaeologist

Summary

Duncan Merrilees worked in the Department of Human Studies, Western Australian Museum 1960-1974.

Archival resources

Western Australian Museum

Duncan Merrilees - Records, 1960 - 1974; Western Australian Museum. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

Balme, Jane, Merrilees, D. and Porter, J. K., ' Late Quaternary mammal remains, spanning about 30,000 years, from excavations in Devil's Lair, Western Australia', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 61 (1978), 33-65. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q63185034. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/1332433. Details
'Merrilees, D', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1286956. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 31 March 2026

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This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
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