Vogan
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Death Of Mr. A. J
THE death occurred on February 27, in Manly District Hospital, as the re sult of an accident, of Mr. Arthur J.
Vogan, who had reached the great age of 89 years.
Mr. Vogan was well-known in some of the Pacific Islands, where he had made investigations relating to archaeology. He was intensely interested In the history of the native ra es, and his theories relating to their origin aroused controversies, in which he took a vigorous part. He went originally to the Islands as a correspon dent-and-artist member of an exploring expedition, which visited the Fly River area of Papua more than 60 years ago.
He travelled widely as a correspondent and adviser of British mining interests and when he retired, some 20 years ago, he visited parts of the Pacific, including New Guinea and Fiji. He claimed credit for discovering ancient Chinese inscrip tions on the wall of a cave in the Yasawa Islands (North-western Fiji).
Scholarly and erudite, Mr. Vogan was a tireless writer and maintained a corre spondence with persons all over the world, until the moment of his accident. He had a bad fall about 12 days before his death, and did not recover consciousness.