16. Barking gecko : [journal entry] |
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| Title : | 16. Barking gecko : [journal entry] |
![16. Barking gecko : [journal entry]](https://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/samemory/mountfordSheard/commonwealthBoardOfEnquiry1935/PRG1218_5_3_21a.jpg "16. Barking gecko : [journal entry]")
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| Creator : | Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976, photographer | ||
| Source : | Mountford, Charles P., PRG 1218/5/3 p. 21A | ||
| Date of creation : | 1935 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 60 x 60 mm | ||
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| Description : |
A photograph of a barking lizard (gecko) encountered by Charles Mountford in Central Australia, near Ayers Rock (Uluru). Mountford recorded his encounter with the reptile (Underwoodisaurus milli) in his diary, having been woken by its 'bark' whilst camping en route to Ayers Rock: 'The next morning we were all awakened by a peculiar half rasping, half barking noise. It transpired that the Professor [Cleland] had caught a gekko (sic), or barking lizard, on the previous day, and had placed it in a cardboard box. Arising early he had inadvertently shifted the box, disturbing the gekko, which announced its disapproval with a strange medley of sound.' |
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| Related names : | Mountford, Charles P, (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976 |
| Coverage year : | 1935 |
| Period : | 1927-1939 |
| Place : | Central Australia |
| Region : | Northern Territory |
| Further reading : | Lamshed, Max, 'Monty' : the biography of C.P. Mountford, [Adelaide] : Rigby, 1972 Mountford, Charles P., Manuscript diary, Journey to Ayers Rock, 1935, PRG 1218/5/3, page 21A-22 |
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