Pete Minard

Making the 'Marsupial Lion': Bunyips, networked colonial knowledge production between 1830-59 and the description of thylacoleo carnifex

P Minard

Journal article  |  2018  |  Historical Records of Australian Science

This article explores the processes leading up to the description of Thylacoleo carnifex by Richard Owen in 1859. It argues that i..

Salmonid acclimatisation in colonial victoria: Improvement, restoration and recreation 1858–1909

P Minard

Journal article  |  2015  |  Environment and History

Aquaculture and salmonid acclimatisation in Victoria drew upon and adapted European and American precedents to reflect local circu..

Assembling acclimatization: Frederick mccoy, european ideas, australian circumstances

P Minard

Journal article  |  2013  |  Historical Records of Australian Science

Between 1860 and 1870 Professor Frederick McCoy synthesized a distinct theory that guided the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria'..