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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001918b.htm person Mungomery Reginald William AACR2 11 March 1901 1968 Place of Birth Childers, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Entomologist Reginald Mungomery worked for the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Queensland from 1925. In 1935 he was sent to Hawaii to collect cane toads for introduction to Queensland to control cane beetles. He brought back 102 cane toads by ship and their progeny were distributed in north Queensland shortly after.

Born Childers, Queensland, 11 March 1901. Laboratory Assistant, Commonwealth Prickly Pear Laboratory, Brisbane, May 1923 and later at Westwood; Assistant Entomologist, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland, from March 1925, Assistant Entomologist, Bundaberg 1926-34, Entomologist, Meringa from 1935.

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 'Mungomery, Reginald William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mungomery, Reginald William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Mungomery, Reginald William (1901-1972), entomologist Leverington, K.C. Mungomery, Reginald William (1901-1972), entomologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 440-441 Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932