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Thomas Carter (ornithologist)

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Tom Carter's arrival in Western Australia reopened ornithological study of the region's birds, following a period of few collections and little research. While working in his first job as a
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Carter had published papers on British birds, and made observations in Iceland, before travelling to Western Australia. He arrived at Carnarvon to work at
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in Yorkshire, England, to Amelia Mary Carter, nÊe Rhodes on the 6 April 1863. His merchant father, James, is said to have shared an interest in wildlife.
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Carter made a significant contribution to the ornithological literature on Australian birds, his notes and papers from Western Australia appearing in
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since their first collection one hundred years before. Carter made a collection of around five hundred
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from Western Australia, which he delivered to England in 1903 and was eventually included in the
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in 1916, where he made the first observations of the Black-and-white Wren (a subspecies of the
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Carter published 'Birds of the Broome Hill District', where he had lived for a decade, in the
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A handbook of the birds of Western Australia (with the exception of the Kimberley division)
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property. Illness reportedly required his family to return to England in 1914, living in
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Thomas Carter died in Yorkshire, 29 January 1931, and is buried there.
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Carmody, Freda Vines. "Carter, Thomas (1863–1931)".
19:(1863–1931) was an English ornithologist active in 128:, 1903.), Carter gives the names of birds in the 8: 46:, later acquiring a pastoral lease around 148: 85:regions. He also made an expedition to 160: 158: 156: 154: 152: 7: 269:People educated at Sedbergh School 168:Australian Dictionary of Biography 107:American Museum of Natural History 14: 210:McCarthy, G.J.; Walker, Rosanne. 274:English expatriates in Australia 77:district. He later studied the 1: 290: 91:White-Winged Fairy-Wren 254:English ornithologists 264:Zoological collectors 35:Born in the town of 44:Boolathanna station 259:People from Masham 130:Talaindji language 95:Western Grass-wren 87:Dirk Hartog Island 25:Western Australia 281: 228: 227: 225: 223: 207: 201: 200: 187: 181: 180: 178: 176: 162: 103:Tring Collection 289: 288: 284: 283: 282: 280: 279: 278: 234: 233: 232: 231: 221: 219: 209: 208: 204: 191:Serventy, D. L. 189: 188: 184: 174: 172: 164: 163: 150: 145: 79:North West Cape 67: 33: 12: 11: 5: 287: 285: 277: 276: 271: 266: 261: 256: 251: 246: 236: 235: 230: 229: 202: 182: 147: 146: 144: 141: 66: 63: 56:Sutton, Surrey 32: 29: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 286: 275: 272: 270: 267: 265: 262: 260: 257: 255: 252: 250: 247: 245: 242: 241: 239: 217: 216:www.eoas.info 213: 206: 203: 198: 197: 192: 186: 183: 170: 169: 161: 159: 157: 155: 153: 149: 142: 140: 138: 133: 131: 127: 123: 122: 117: 116: 115:The Zoologist 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 64: 62: 59: 57: 53: 49: 48:Point Cloates 45: 40: 38: 30: 28: 26: 22: 18: 17:Thomas Carter 220:. Retrieved 215: 205: 194: 185: 173:. Retrieved 167: 139:in 1923–24. 136: 134: 125: 119: 113: 111: 68: 60: 41: 34: 16: 15: 249:1931 deaths 244:1863 births 105:and at the 238:Categories 143:References 99:bird skins 93:) and the 83:Broomehill 52:Broomehill 31:Biography 21:Australia 75:Gascoyne 71:Jackaroo 121:The Emu 222:4 July 175:4 July 37:Masham 65:Works 224:2018 177:2018 118:and 81:and 137:Emu 126:Emu 240:: 214:. 151:^ 132:. 109:. 27:. 226:. 179:.

Index

Australia
Western Australia
Masham
Boolathanna station
Point Cloates
Broomehill
Sutton, Surrey
Jackaroo
Gascoyne
North West Cape
Broomehill
Dirk Hartog Island
White-Winged Fairy-Wren
Western Grass-wren
bird skins
Tring Collection
American Museum of Natural History
The Zoologist
The Emu
Talaindji language





Australian Dictionary of Biography
Serventy, D. L.
A handbook of the birds of Western Australia (with the exception of the Kimberley division)
"Carter, Thomas - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science"
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