1924 Chatham Islands expedition

April 2024 April 2024 ALL The 1924 Chatham Islands expedition was a scientific expedition undertaken in early 1924 to research the biodiversity and indigenous people of the Chatham Islands.Q12550294714 August 1923 The Chatham Islands https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19230815.2.48 17 April 2024 The Press 8 LIX 1784221 December 1923 Chatham Islands https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19231221.2.144 17 April 2024 Auckland Star 9 LIV 303Q66412141 Origins Scientists on the expedition came from the Otago Institute, which sponsored the expedition, and Canterbury Museum. Members H.D. (Harry) Skinner, ethnology and anthropology Robin Allan, geology John Marwick, paleontology W.G. (George) Howes, entomology William Martin, botany Earle Northcroft, botany F. Key, magnetic survey Mr Walsh, magnetic survey R.M. (Robert Malcom) Laing, marine botany Gilbert Archey, birds and biology Stewart Lindsay, entomology Maxwell Young, marine biologyClayworth Peter 2014 Anthropology and archaeology - 'Salvage anthropology' and the birth of professionalism https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44415/h-d-skinner-and-the-chatham-islands-expedition-1924 13 July 2024 Te Ara Expedition The expedition left Lyttelton on the ship Ngahere though Archey and Lindsay went ahead of the main party. They were in the Chathams for a month from January to February.23 January 1924 The Chatham Islands https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19240123.2.53 13 July 2024 Otago Daily Times 6 19076 Most of the party stayed in the northern part of the island but Howes and one other stayed in Waitangi travelling around on horseback. Results Geological specimens were collected by Marwick from four sites on Chatham Island and by Allan from one site on Pitt Island. The Chatham sites were at Cape Young, Tioriori, Titirangi and Waikaripi and at Flowerpot Harbour on Pitt.Marwick J 1928 The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands including a Generic Revision of the New Zealand Pectinidae https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1928-58.2.8.1.49 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 58 432 Three types of rocks were recorded: quartz/mica/schists in the north, limestone in the middle of the island and around the lagoon, and volcanic rocks in the southern part. thumb|Ribbonwood (Plagianthus regius ssp. chathamicus) Howes noted that the flora and fauna were similar to New Zealand and he was disappointed with his findings of moths, beetles and flies.14 February 1924 CHATHAM ISLANDS EXPEDITION https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19240214.2.102 Evening Star 10 He found prolific bird life including pukeko, ducks, swans and weka at the lagoon and pigeons, tūī, Chatham Island wrens and piwakawaka elsewhere. The introduced weka was considered to be a pest. The only predator was the Norwegian rat. Northcroft's botanical findings were unpublished until his records were discovered and published posthumously by A.J. Healy.Northcroft E. F. Healy A. J. 1975 Adventive flora of the Chatham Islands http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0028825X.1975.10430314 New Zealand Journal of Botany en 13 2 123–129 10.1080/0028825X.1975.10430314 1975NZJB...13..123N 0028-825X He recorded 53 species that had not been recorded by later researchers but no specimens exist.de Lange Peter J. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/conservation/native-plants/chatham-islands-vascular-plants-checklist.pdf Checklist of vascular plants recorded from Chatham Islands Department of Conservation 2011 978-0-478-14883-1 5 Some new species on the Chathams were found including a ribbon wood and an orchid described by Martin.Molloy Brian https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/conservation/native-plants/chatam-islands-plants/orchids-of-the-chathams.pdf Orchids of the Chatham Islands 2002 Department of Conservation 0-478-22199-1 22 Many specimens of marine fauna were collected including several species of sea slug. It was noted that much work still needed to be done surveying and charting the waters around the islands to assist gathering better information on the habits of marine species. Skey and Walsh attempted to pinpoint the longitude and latitude of the islands more precisely. Ethnologist Skinner continued his work on the Moriori which he had begun on an earlier visit to the Chathams in 1919. 1945 Te Rangi Hiroa Peter Buck (anthropologist) An introduction to Polynesian Anthropoloy. Bishop Museum Staff Expeditions Honolulu Bernice P. Bishop Museum https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BucIntr-t1-body-d7-d8.html 2024-07-12 53–54 He studied carvings and physical anthropology which linked the Moriori to Polynesian peoples and culture. Bibliography Skinner H.D. Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum : volume IX 1923–1928 Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bishop Museum memoirs The Morioris of Chatham Islands 907501191 Young Maxwell 1930 Marine Fauna of the Chatham Islands https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1930-60.2.4.1.3 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 60 136 Papers Past Marwick J 1928 The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands including a Generic Revision of the New Zealand Pectinidae https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1928-58.2.8.1.49 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 58 432 Archey, G. & Lindsay, C. (1924). "Notes on the birds of the Chatham Islands". Records of the Canterbury Museum 2(4): 187–201. References External links Admiral Lord Jellicoe visits Chatham Islands (1924). British Pathé film. Category:Expeditions from New Zealand Category:Chatham Islands Chatham Islands Chatham Islands