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1928 Great Barrier Reef expedition information


1928 Great Barrier Reef expedition, also known as the Yonge Expedition or the Low Isles Expedition was a thirteen-month scientific program beginning in 1928, which was promoted to study the Australian Great Barrier Reef.

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1928 Great Barrier Reef expedition

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1928 Great Barrier Reef expedition, also known as the Yonge Expedition or the Low Isles Expedition was a thirteen-month scientific program beginning in...

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Great Barrier Reef

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The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...

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List of circumnavigations

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led by Juan Sebastián Elcano (Spanish), of Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition (which began with 5 ships and 270 men); 1519–1522; westward from Spain;...

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Belgian Scientific Expedition

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Scientific Expedition was a scientific survey of the Great Barrier Reef, conducted in 1967–1968. The Belgian Scientific Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef was...

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List of space travelers by nationality

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intended as orbital, but aborted before reaching orbit. Vasily Lazarev (1928–1990) — Soyuz 18a (1975); also orbited aboard Soyuz 12 (1973) Oleg Grigoryevich...

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Thomas Alan Stephenson

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same year, Stephenson joined the 1928 Great Barrier Reef expedition at the invitation of Maurice Yonge, the expedition's leader. Stephenson was "an obvious...

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North West Island

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North West Island is a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 75 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland. North West Island forms...

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Heron Island Research Station

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committee helped to fund a major expedition in 1928-1929 by the Great Barrier Reef (Yonge) expedition to Low Isles reef, north of Cairns to research the...

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The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

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reefs keep pace by growing upwards on a base of dead coral, and form a barrier reef enclosing a lagoon between the reef and the land. A barrier reef can...

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European and American voyages of scientific exploration

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Coral Reefs (1842), Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands (1844), Geological Observations on South America (1846).) Two French expeditions to the...

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List of Russian explorers

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explorers First Russian circumnavigation Geography of Russia Great Northern Expedition List of cosmonauts List of explorers Northern Sea Route Russian...

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Maurice Yonge

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invited to join and lead the Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928-1929. Yonge, his wife Mattie and his colleagues in the expedition spent a year off the coast...

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Frank William Moorhouse

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Sc. In 1928, Moorhouse was selected as the University's representative on the Great Barrier Reef Expedition led by Maurice Yonge. This expedition attracted...

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Tegillarca

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(+2) pp. (1853). Hafniae Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7...

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Thomas Harvey Johnston

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keenly interested in the marine ecology of Caloundra and the southern Great Barrier Reef islands. He performed studies on the flora and fauna of Caloundra...

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Yongeichthys

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zoologist Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986), who led the Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928–1929. There are currently three recognized species in this...

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Green Island National Park

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to be the most visited (popular) island National Park within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Green Island is a true coral cay formed over...

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Florida

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third-largest coral barrier reef system in the world, after the Great Barrier Reef and the Belize Barrier Reef. Paleo-Indians entered Florida at least 14,000 years...

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Tegillarca granosa

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Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7 FAO Profile, including production...

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Sidnie Manton

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She took part in an expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1928-1929, which was the first scientific study of any coral reef in the world. Manton was...

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Lensia

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Totton, A. K. (1932). "Siphonophora". Scientific Reports. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928 1929. 4: 317–374 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Grossmann...

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Cyril Crossland

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Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257. Brown, AF: Cyril Crossland: In Memoriam...

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Michael Spender

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as a surveyor on the Great Barrier Reef from 1928 to 1929 and in East Greenland in 1932 and 1933. In 1935 he joined an expedition to the Himalayas and...

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Gerald Durrell

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those of other animal-collecting expeditions of the time, and he was in financial straits by the end of his third expedition. Further, he had a falling-out...

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Edward Marks

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establishing the 1928-1929 Great Barrier Reef (Yonge) Expedition to Low Isles Reef. Marks served as Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Committee from 1947...

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Henry Caselli Richards

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number of biological expeditions to the Reef, including the year-long Low Isles Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928. This expedition brought in many biologists...

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Theodore Roughley

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Barrier Reef expedition on Low Island. The Great Barrier Reef and its marine life became the subject of Roughley's book, Wonders of the Barrier Reef,...

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Dorothy Hill

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Bay, and was studying the first core drills of the Great Barrier Reef with the Great Barrier Reef Committee. She won a Lyell Fund award in 1940, the first...

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