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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1949Vol. XIX, No. 9

The Pacific Islands Society

p. 89 · Read in the full issue

rpHE monthly meeting of the Pacific 1 Tslands Society, held at History House, 8 Young Slree , Sydney, on March 23, attracted anoth r arge a tendance of Island foU. The president, Major Q A lSwinbom v.e, Was in the chair and welcomed the following new members—Mrs. E. C. Dettman Mrs. M.

Lazarus. Mrs. Barbara Perry and MISS Barbara R. Fll ton. The „ guest-speaker was MT. F. D McCarthy, Curator of Anthropology at the Aus'ralian Museum, Sydney, who was a member of the ie:ent Australian- American Arnhem Land Expedition. The Leaderof the Expedition, Ml’. C. P. Mount ford, was among those present.