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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Event created 2022-06-14 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-11-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007007b.htm event Great Barrier Reef Expedition AACR2 Low Isles Expedition Yonge Expedition July 1928 August 1929 Maritime exploration The Great Barrier Reef Expedition was first suggested by Henry Richards and Matthew Nathan, both founders of the Great Barrier Reef Committee. Support for the Expedition came from the Committee, the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and various government, university and public sources. The purpose was to investigate the zoology of the Reef, with studies also being done on oceanic and meteorological conditions, coral physiology, and possible fisheries. Although based on the Low Isles, Expedition members also investigated other islands. Expedition leader was C. Maurice Yonge, a marine invertebrate researcher who, like most other members of the Expedition, was British. Australian scientists to join for varying periods included Aubrey Nicholls, Research assistant to Yonge, Frank Moorhouse from the University of Queensland, and Gilbert Whitley and Tom Iredale from the Australian Museum. The scientific results of the Expedition were published in seven volumes between 1931 and 1968 by the British Museum (Natural History). Discoveries made by Expedition members included the phenomenon of coral spawning, coral bleaching, and that corals ate zooplankton but not phytoplankton. Moorhouse, Frank William (1895 - 1967)

University of Queensland representative

 Nicholls, Aubrey Gordon (1904 - 1986)

Research assistant 1928 - 1929

 Yonge, Charles Maurice (Maurice) (1899 - 1986)

Leader of the Expedition 1928 - 1929

 Great Barrier Reef Committee (1922 - 1982)

The Committee instigated the Expedition

 Whitley, Gilbert Percy (1903 - 1975)

Ichthyologist

 'Great Barrier Reef Expedition', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Great Barrier Reef Expedition Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29; scientific reports British Museum (Natural History) Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29; scientific reports London British Museum (Natural History) 1930-1968 Journal Article: Origin, organization and scope of the Expedition Yonge, C. M. Origin, organization and scope of the Expedition 1930 Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29: scientific reports 1 1-11 Journal Article: "A close and friendly alliance": biology, geology and the Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928 - 1929 Spencer, Tom; Brown, Barbara E.; Hamylton, Sarah M.; and McLean, Roger F. "A close and friendly alliance": biology, geology and the Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928 - 1929 2021 Oceanography and marine biology: an annual review 59 89-138 Resource: Sir Charles Maurice Yonge Collection James Cook University Library Sir Charles Maurice Yonge Collection James Cook University Library 2018 Book Section: Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29: scientific reports. Mollusca part 1 Iredale, T. Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29: scientific reports. Mollusca part 1 London British Museum (Natural History) 1939 Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29: scientific reports, volume 5, no. 6 209-425 Book: Letters and diaries: Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef 1928 - 1929 Manton, Sidnie: transcribed and edited by Clifford, E. and Clifford, J. Letters and diaries: Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef 1928 - 1929 [Independently published] 2020 Journal Article: The marine biological laboratory at Low Isles, N. Queensland Yonge, C. M. The marine biological laboratory at Low Isles, N. Queensland 1931 ICES journal of marine science 6 3 459-62 Book: A year on the Great Barrier Reef: the story of corals and of the greatest of their creations Yonge, C. M. A year on the Great Barrier Reef: the story of corals and of the greatest of their creations London Putnam 1930 Journal Article: Ecological surveys of coral reefs Manton, S. M.; with an introduction by T. A. Stephenson Ecological surveys of coral reefs 1935 Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29: scientific reports 3 273-312 Journal Article: The Great Barrier Reef and the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1973 Stoddart, D. R. The Great Barrier Reef and the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1973 1978 Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, series A: mathematical, physical and engineering sciences 29 1 5-22 Journal Article: Charles Maurice Yonge (1899 - 1986) Morton, Brian Charles Maurice Yonge (1899 - 1986) 1998 Archives of natural history 25 3 431-48 Book: The Great Barrier Reef: History, Science, Heritage Bowen, James; Bowen, Margarita The Great Barrier Reef: History, Science, Heritage Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 Journal Article: The Great Barrier Reef Committee, 1922-82: the First Thirty Years Hill, Dorothy The Great Barrier Reef Committee, 1922-82: the First Thirty Years 1984 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 1 1-18