With Papua

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The Murray Link With Papua

JEN Professor Sir Gilbert Murray died in Oxford, England, in May, at the age I, the newspapers stated that was world-famous as a sopher and a Greek scholar, that he was born in Australia; not one mentioned the great s connection with New Guinea, e Murrays are a famous Aus in family, through which runs rked streak of genius. Gilbert Hubert were sons of Sir ice Murray, of NSW, and like father, both were knighted distinguished service—Gilbert ichol a s t ic achievement in ind, where he spent most of ife: Hubert for his genius in listering the raw Territory of a. where he spent 30 years 5 life, and died in 1940 “with oots on”. nard Murray (Sir Hubert’s iw), who followed him as aistrator, in 1940-42 (and was d out of office by an Aus n Socialist Government, with hyme or reason, during the c War), was also a gifted man, >f a brother of Gilbert and •t. one of the chattering news -5 mentioned the fact that ilbert Murray took his name the Gilberts, another out ng branch of the family, of W. S. Gilbert (of Gilbert Sullivan fame) was most e. Sir Hubert Murray told long ago, of memorable [iters which he and his irs had with the great lyric when they were students in id; and of the historic fights used to occur between Gilbert Sullivan. They hated each it seemed, but none could the other’s place in the rship, if the production of the i comic operas was to

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