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- ∗ I am grateful to those who commented on a draft of this article, in particular Ian Britain, Michael Cathcart, Graeme Davison, Patrick Morgan and Libby Robin.
‘The natural history of Melbourne’: The culture of nature writing in Victoria, 1880–1945Footnote∗∗ I am grateful to those who commented on a draft of this article, in particular Ian Britain, Michael Cathcart, Graeme Davison, Patrick Morgan and Libby Robin.
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