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3 unusual facts about William Blandowski


Marn Grook

An 1857 sketch found in 2007 describes an observation by Victorian scientist William Blandowski, of the Latjilatji people playing a football game near Merbein, on his expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers.

It is distinct from the indigenous ball game Woggabaliri which is believed to be the subject of William Blandowski's engraving "never let the ball hit the ground" (see picture on right).

William Blandowski

In 1856–1857 he led a scientific collecting expedition (the Blandowski Expedition) to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, which procured a large number of biological specimens for the museum, especially new fish species.



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