The Problem of Antquiity of Man in Australia by D.J. Mahony M.Sc., Reprinted from Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne, No.13, Issued September, 1943
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Daniel James Mahony (b.1878, d.1944)
Date
Sep 1943
Description
Paper reprinted from "Memoirs of the National Museum Melbourne, No.13."
A summary of evidence devised from archaeological and geological sources and fossil remains.
In 1940, two mineralised skulls and other human bones were found northwest of Melbourne, at Dry Creek, Maribyrnong River near Keilor, Victoria, Australia. One skull complete except for mandible, was described and discussed along side the reports below.
The Problem of Antquiity of Man in Australia by D.J. Mahony
The Keilor Fossil Skull: Anatomical Description. by J. Wunderly
The Keilor Fossil Skull: Palate and Upper Dental Arch. by William Adam.
The Keilor Fossil Skull: Geological Evidence of Antiquity. by D.J. Mahony
The author, Daniel James Mahony (1878-1944), entered Ormond College at the University of Melbourne in 1898 and graduated B.Sc. (1904) and M.Sc. (1906), specializing in geology under Professors J. W. Gregory and E. W. Skeats.
During Gregory's absences in 1902-04 he demonstrated in geology. From 1931 Mahony was the Director of the National Museum of Victoria.
Part of a collection of objects from Dr. William Adam, relating to his thesis for the degree of D.D Sc in 1940, in which his research on jaws and teeth of 56 Tasmanian Aboriginal skulls are recorded, and his paper on the Keilor Fossil Skull: Palate and Upper Dental arch published in 1943.
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