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MS 029 – DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-82)
Naturalist

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection (Origin of species 1859) convinced biologists that evolution had occurred. He visited Australia in 1836 as naturalist on the Beagle, and subsequently used Australian material in developing his ideas.

Series 1. Correspondence


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Microfilm. Darwin correspondence. Copy supplied from Mitchell Library and National Library of Australia


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Xerox copy. Correspondence from Darwin to Rev W B Clarke, 25 October 1862. Original copied in Mitchell Library


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Xerox copy. Correspondence from Darwin to Daniel McAlpine, 10 May 1881. Copy from typescript in Public Library of Victoria


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Xerox copy. Correspondence from Darwin to G Belcher, 7 May 1873. Copy from original in Public Library of Victoria


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Xerox copies. Correspondence from Darwin and Gerard Krefft, 1872-73. Copies from Cambridge University Library


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Xerox copies of microfilm. Correspondence from Darwin to Lady Denison, 14 January 1874, requesting information on the fertility of the Pitcairn Islanders following their transfer to Norfolk Island. Microfilm of original in the National Library of Australia


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Xerox copy. Correspondence from Darwin to unknown person, 22 January 1860. Original in Battye Library of Western Australia

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