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NORFOLK ISLAND'S POSITION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Mi:i.Botn>rE, June 33. A DlSTiyorrsKED zoologist, Professor Donglas Laurie (University of Liverpool), has arrived by the Orama, and leaves for Norfolk Island shortly to ascertain the zoolojnca. and geographical position of tho island. It is uncertain whether it was former!? connected with Australia, New Zealand, or Polynesia. It is geuerally imagined that New Zealand was once joined with Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. If so, the fauna of Norfolk Island should show relationship to New Zealand, rather than to Australia.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15649, 1 July 1914, Page 9
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