Summary

Bob Kirk was the person responsible for collecting most of NCIG's biological samples and related documents. He began the collection in the late 1950s when he was at the Zoology Department at the University of Western Australia and continued when he joined the Human Biology Department at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU in 1967 until his retirement in 1986.

Details

Bob Kirk was born in the West Midlands of England. He studied chemistry at university and was interested in progressive politics. In 1939, he registered as a conscientious objector and was invited by the brilliant and radical biologist Lancelot Hogben to complete graduate studies at Birmingham University. He married Mildred who had an honours degree in Zoology and in 1947, they moved to New York for Kirk's first job, teaching physiology at an exclusive girls' school. They found the racial politics in the U.S. disturbing and did not like the discrimination against African-Americans, including his own students.

When a position came up in the Zoology Department at the University of Western Australia, they happily accepted.
It was there that Kirk developed an interest in studying genetic diversity in human populations, in particular, Indigenous populations of Australia and Papua New Guinea. For the next ten years he collected and analysed blood samples from Aboriginal people in the Kimberley and the Western Desert.

In 1964, he was sought out to lead a major study of human adaptation among Australian Aborigines, as part of the International Biological Program (IBP). Kirk was appointed the national convenor of the IBP-Human Adaptability (HA) 1 Australian study that was the Aboriginal arm of the Australian contribution, and he was on the Australian Academy of Science subcommittee for the IBP HA . In 1967, the Kirks moved to Canberra where Bob took up a position as head of the Human Biology Department at the John Curtin School of Medical Research and work for the IBP HA1 began in earnest. While much of the collection pertains to samples and documents associated with the IBP HA1, collecting still continued after 1973 when the IBP HA 1 came to an end.

In 1987, Bob Kirk retired from the John Curtin School and as custodian of the collection. NCIG is grateful to Bob Kirk for without him, the collection would not exist and this is in large part due to his meticulous nature and his great attention to detail which ensured that every letter and every document that passed through his hands at that time, has been kept.

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Archival resources

National Centre for Indigenous Genomics

• Aboriginal artefacts purchased by R.L. Kirk, 1964, 02D-13; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Aboriginal Man Adapting, 1981, PUB-010; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Conference Materials, 1971, 06A-21; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Conference Paper, 06A-20; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Conference Paper, 01D-51; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1974, XB8-08; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1963, 04B-11; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 03D-01; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1968, 04D-22; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1967 - 1968, 02B-35; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1969 - 1971, 04D-18; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1966 - 1970, 02B-36; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1974, XB8-01; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1974, XB8-02; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1974, XB8-03; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1973, XB8-04; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1972 - 1973, XB8-05; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1966 - 1973, 02B-33; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1981 - 1985, 03C-30; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1959 - 1961, 02D-19; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1977 - 1982, 02D-34; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1967 - 1969, 02D-35; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1974 - 1975, 02D-36; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1969, 02D-37; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1972 - 1979, 02D-38; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1960 - 1967, 04B-05; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1975 - 1976, 02D-39; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1969 - 1970, 02B-30; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1973 - 1974, 02D-49; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1985 - 1995, 02D-55; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1972 - 1975, 02D-57; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1971 - 1973, 02D-58; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1962, 04B-02; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and List of Participants, 1977 - 1984, 02D-43; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Lists of Participants, 1968 - 1970, 02B-24; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Lists of Participants, 1977, 02D-42; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Lists of Study Participants, 1971 - 1974, 02D-33; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Lists of Study Participants, 1968 - 1969, 02B-23; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Manuscript, 27/3/1969 - 2/9/1969, 04D-16; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Manuscript, 1969, 04D-12; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Manuscript, 1977, 06A-24; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1976, PUB-091; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Revised Book Chapter, 1968 - 1969, 04B-15; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Serology Results, 1959 - 1962, 04B-51; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Survey Results, 1968 - 1969, 02B-34; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, Draft Manuscript and Maps of family relationships, 1960 - 1962, 04B-12; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, Lists of Study Participants and Serology Results, 1951 - 1961, 04B-10; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, Paper and Map, 1964, 01D-52; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, Survey and Results, 1979 - 1982, 02C-18; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Draft Manuscript, 04B-16; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Draft Manuscript, 02D-07; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Ecological Biogeography of Australia, 1974 - 1978, 06A-29; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Field Notes and Survey Results, 1969, 02D-12; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Genealogies, 1968 - 1969, 02D-23; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Historical Slides Kimberley, 01P-02; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Historical Slides Northern Territory, 01P-03; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Historical Slides Queensland, 01P-04; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Historical Slides Western Desert, 01P-01; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• International Biological Programme Publications and Correspondence, 1965 - 1973, 06A-03; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Kirk collected papers Volume 1, 1944 - 1969, PUB-001; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Kirk collected papers Volume 2, 1969 - 1974, PUB-002; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Kirk collected papers Volume 3, 1975 - 1981, PUB-003; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Laboratory workbook, 1969 - 1970, Lab-01-029; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Laboratory workbook, 1968, Lab-01-016; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Laboratory workbook, 1969, Lab-01-018; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• List of Study Participants, Serology Results and Draft Manuscript, 1964, 04B-13; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• List of Study Participants, Survey Results and Manuscript Draft, 1962 - 1963, 04B-03; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Lists of Study Participants, 1971 - 1972, 02D-59; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 1972, 01D-50; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 04D-15; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 1971 - 1972, 06A-19; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 01D-55; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 04D-11; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 01D-53; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 01D-54; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 06A-31; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 1968, 02B-12; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 1970, 06A-17; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript and Correspondence, 1976, 06A-30; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript and Correspondence, 1936 - 1985, 06A-28; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript and Correspondence, 1971, 06A-27; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, Results sheets and Correspondence, 1970 - 1972, 06A-25; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Maps, Tribal Indexes ,Newspaper Article and Correspondence, 1946 - 1997, 06A-04; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• The Origin of the Australians, 1976, PUB-009; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Printed Material, 1968 - 1990, PUB 51-60; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Printed Material, 1976 - 1996, PUB 31-40; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Printed Material, 1969 - 1982, PUB 61-70; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• R.L. Kirk's Collected Papers, 1953 - 1983, PUB-004; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• R.L. Kirk's Collected Papers 2, 1961 - 1980, PUB-005; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Reprints, Working Notes and Survey Results, 1963, 04B-23; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Results Sheets and Reprint of Journal Article, 1972, 06A-18; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Survey Results and Manuscript, 1968, 02D-10; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Survey Results for Gamma Globulin, 04B-27; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Telegrams, 1968 - 1970, 02B-31; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Working notes, 1969, 02B-27; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Working Notes, 1968, 02B-32; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details

Published resources

Books

• Kirk, R.L, The distribution of genetic markers in Australian Aborigines, Australain Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1965. Details

Book Sections

• Bhatia, K., Easteal, S., Kirk, R.L, 'A Study of Genetic Distance and the Austronesian/ Non-Austronesian Dichotomy', pp. 195-205. Also available at http://press.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ch1027.pdf. Details
• Kirk, R.L., 'Population Genetic Studies in Australia and New Guinea', pp. 395-430. Details
• Kirk, R.L., Thorne, A.G., 'The Origin of the Australians', in The Origin of the Australians, 1976, pp. 1-8. Details

Conference Papers

• Kirk, R. L., 'Genetic differentiation in Australia and its bearing on the origin of the First Americans.', in Laughlin W.S., Harper A.B. (ed.), The first Americans: Origins, affinities, and adaptation., G. Fischer, 1979, pp. 211-237. Also available at http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9049187?selectedversion=NBD1490982. Details
• Kirk, R. L., 'Genetics and human evolution', in Proceedings from Indian Statistical Institute Golden Jubilee International Conference, 1982. Details
• Kirk, R.L., 'Genetic Diversity Among Aborigines', in The Australian Aboriginal Child- Report of the 1st Ross Conference (Australian), Ross Laboratories, Sydney, 1972, pp. 95-103. Details

Conference Proceedings

• Kirk, R. L., & Kamboh, M. I. (ed.), Pacific peoples: Origins and genetic relationships, Genetic microdifferentiation in human and other animal populations. Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Hyderabad India December 1983, Y. R. Ahuja and J.V.. Neel, Indian Anthropological Association, Delhi, 1985. Details
• Kirk, R.L (ed.), Torres Strait- Channel or Barrier to Human Gene Flow, 1972, 367-374 pp. Also available at http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9392058?selectedversion=NBD42557355. Details

Journal Articles

• Cross, R.A., Alpers, M.P., York, T.J., Davey, M.G., Pollard, M., Kirk, R.L., Blake, N.M., McDermid, E.M., Law, W., Morris, P.J., 'Studies of HL-A in Australian Aborigines', Histocompatibility Testing, 1972, pp. 303-310. Details
• Gajdusek, D.C., Kirk, R.L., Guiart, J, 'Familial Periodic Paralysis with Complete Heart Block in a Family of New Hebridean (Melanesian)-Australian Aboriginal Crossing. First Report in Australian Aboriginals', Program and Abstracts of the American Pediatric Society. Details
• Kirk, R. L., 'Evolution and migration of man in the Pacific', Proceedings in Recent Trends in Immunohaematology, vol. 1982, 1982, pp. 169-181. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Cleave, H., & Bearn, A. G., 'The distribution of the group spectific component (Gc) in selected populations in South East Asia and Oceania', Acta Geneticae Medicae et Gemellotoltiae, vol. 13, 1963, pp. 140-149. Details
• Kirk, R.L., 'The Distribution and Anthropological Significance of Serum protein and Enzyme Group Systems', International Biological Programme: Problems in Human Adaptability, Warsaw meeting, 1965, pp. 253-260. Details
• Kirk, R.L., 'Language, Genes and People in the Pacific', 1980, pp. 113-137. Details
• Kirk, R.L., Lai, L.Y.C, 'The Haptoglobin and Transferrin Groups among Australian Aborigines from North Queensland', The Australian Journal of Science, vol. 24, no. 12, 1962, pp. 486-488. Details
• Miyake, K., Iino, S., Yokono, H., Oka, H., Oda, T., & Kirk, R. L., 'Distribution of alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotypes in Asian populations', Japanese Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 26, 1980, p. 161. Details

Reports

• Kirk, R.L, Genetic Distance - A Pragmatic Approach, 411 edn, 1976, 244-254 pp. Also available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101003029. Details
• Zimmet, P.Z., Kirk, R.L, Diabetes Mellitus in Pacific Populations - The Search for a Genotype, 500 edn, 1979, 517-521 pp. Details

Online Resources

• Trove, National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-494639. Details
• Balakrishnan, V., Sanghvi, L. D., & Kirk, R. L., Genetic diversity among Australian Aborigines, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1975, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1013453/. Details
• Barbato, M. P., Agar, N. S., & Kirk, R. L., Thyroid autoantibodies in aborigines, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1980, 543-545 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7393039. Details
• Bhatia, K. K., Blake, N. M., & Kirk, R. L., The frequency of private electrophoretic variants in Australian aborigines and indirect estimates of mutation rate, Americal Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 31, 1979, 731-740 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1686050/. Details
• Blake, N. M., & Kirk, R. L., New genetic variant of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in Australian Aborigines, Nature, vol. 221, 1969, 278 pp, http://doi.org/10.1038/221278a0. Details
• Blake, N. M., & Kirk, R. L., Widespread distribution of variant forms of carbonic anhydrase in Australian aboriginals, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1978, 183-185 pp, http://hdl.handle.net/1885/12702. Details
• Blake, N. M., Kirk, R. L., Lewis, W. H., & Harris, H., Some further peptidase B phenotypes, Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 33, 1970, 301-305 pp, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.1970.tb01654.x. Details
• Blake, N. M., Saha, N., McDermid, E. M., Kirk, R. L., & Crane, G. G., Additional electrophoretic variants of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, Humangenetik, vol. 21, 1974, 347-354 pp, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00273373. Details
• Blake, N.M., Kirk, R.L., McDermid, E.M, The Distribution of Blood, Serum Proteins and Enzyme Groups in a Series of Lebanese in Australia, The Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, vol. 51, 1973, 209-220 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4197731. Details
• Chen, L. Z., Easteal, S., Board, P. G., & Kirk, R. L., Evolution of beta-globin haplotypes in human populations, Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 7, 1990, 423-437 pp, http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/7/5/423.long. Details
• Chen, L. Z., Easteal, S., Board, P. G., & Kirk, R. L., Genetic affinities of oceanic populations based on RFLP and haplotype analysis of genetic loci on three chromosomes, Human Biology, vol. 64, 1992, 1-15 pp, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41464246. Details
• Chen, L. Z., Easteal, S., Board, P. G., Summers, K. M., Bhatia, K. K., & Kirk, R. L., Albumin--vitamin D-binding protein haplotypes in Asian-Pacific populations, Human Genetics, vol. 85, 1990, 89-97 pp, http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276330. Details
• Cleve, H., Kirk, R. L., Parker, W. C., Bearn, A. G., Schacht, L. E., Kleinman, H., & Horsfall, W. R., Two genetic variants if the group-specific component of human serum: Gc Chippewa and Gc Aborigine, American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 15, 1963, 368-379 pp, http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC1932554&blobtype=pdf. Details
• Cleve, H., Kirk, R.L., Gajdusek, D.C., Guiart, J., On the Distribution of the Gc Variant Gc Aborigine in Melanesian Populations; Determination of Gc-Types in Sera from tongariki Island, New Hebrides, Acta Genetica et Statistica Medica, vol. 17, 6, 511-517 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4168861. Details
• Constans, J., Cleve, H., Dykes, D., Fischer, M., Kirk, R. L., Papiha, S. S., … Weber, W., The polymorphism of the vitamin D-binding protein (Gc); isoelectric focusing in 3 M urea as additional method for identification of genetic variants, Human Genetics, vol. 65, 1983, 176-180 pp, http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286658. Details
• Cooper, D. W., Lander, H., & Kirk, R. L., D Adelaide -- a new transferrin variant in man. A., Nature, vol. 204, 1964, 102 pp, http://doi.org/10.1038/204102a0. Details
• Kamboh, M. I., & Kirk, R. L., Distribution of transferrin (Tf) subtypes in Asian, Pacific and Australian Aboriginal populations: evidence for the existence of a new subtype TfC6, Human Heredity, vol. 33, 1983, 237-243 pp, http://doi.org/10.1159/000153384. Details
• Kamboh, M. I., & Kirk, R. L., Genetic studies of PGM1 subtypes: population data from the Asian-Pacific area, Annals of Human Biology, vol. 11, 1984, 211-219 pp, http://doi.org/10.1080/03014468400007081. Details
• Kamboh, M. I., KirK, R. L., & Clark, P., Alpha-1-antitrypsin (PI) types in Asian, Pacific and Aboriginal Australian populations, Disease Markers, vol. 1, 1983, 33-42 pp, http://eurekamag.com/research/004/700/004700234.php. Details
• Kamboh, M. I., Ranford, P. R., & Kirk, R. L., Population genetics of the vitamin D binding protein (GC) subtypes in the Asian-Pacific area: description of new alleles at the GC locus, Human Genetics, vol. 67, 1984, 378-384 pp, http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291395. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Population genetic studies of the indigenous peoples of Australia and New Guinea, Progress in Medical Genetics, vol. 4, 1965, 202-241 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5319118. Details
• Kirk, R. L., The haptoglobin groups in man, Monographs in Human Genetics, vol. 4, 1968, 1-77 pp, http://www.karger.com/Book/Home/217352. Details
• Kirk, R. L., The world distribution of transferrin variants and some unsolved problems, Acta Geneticae Medicae et Gemellotoltiae, vol. 17, 1968, 613-640 pp, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9183349. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Genetic studies of Cape York populations., The human biology of Aborigines in Cape York, Canberra edn, R. L. Kirk, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies., 1973, 25-36 pp, http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/bibliography/?lid=12820. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Physiological, demographic and genetic adaptation of Australian Aboriginals., Ecological biogeography of Australia, A. Keast, Junk, 1981, 1801-1816 pp, http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/bibliography/?lid=12099. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Microevolution and migration in the Pacific, Progress in Clinical Biological Research, vol. 103, 1982, 215-225 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7163195. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Blake, N. M., Cooke, D. R., & Jose, D. G., The distribution of some serum protein and enzyme groups among Aboriginal populations in Queensland, Human Biology in Oceania, vol. 1, 1972, 207-214 pp, http://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/153280. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Blake, N. M., Moodie, P. M., & Tibbs, G. J., Population genetic studies in Australian Aborigines of the Northern Territory. The distribution of some serum protein and enzyme groups among populations at various localities in the Northern Territory of Australia., Human Biology in Oceania, vol. 1, 1971, 54-76 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5156151?dopt=Citation. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Cleve, H., & Bearn, A. G., The distribution of Gc-types in sera from Australian Aborigines, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 21, 1963, 215-223 pp, http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330210213. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Parker, W. C., & Bearn, A. G., The distribution of the transferrin variants D-1 and D-CHI in various populations.T., Acta Geneticae Medicae et Gemellotoltiae, vol. 14, 1964, 41-51 pp, https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/151829. Details
• Kirk, R. L., Sanghvi, L. D., & Balakrishnan, V., A further study of genetic distance among Australian Aborigines: nine tribes in the Northern Territory, Humangenetik, vol. 14, 1972, 95-102 pp, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00273291#page-1. Details
• Kirk, R.L., Biochemical Polymorphism and the Evolution of Human Races, 8th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, vol. 1, 371-376 pp, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21220020?selectedversion=NBD69016. Details
• Kirk, R.L., Blood Group Interaction and the World Distribution of the ABO Gene p2 and the Rh Gene r (cde), Americal Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 13, 1961, 224-231 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1932113/. Details
• Kirk, R.L., A haptoglobin mating frequency, segregation and ABO blood-group interaction analysis for additional series of families, Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 34, 1971, 329-337 pp, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1809.1971.tb00245.x/abstract. Details
• Kirk, R.L., Isozyme Variants as Markers of Population Movement in Man, Isozymes, IV Genetics and Evolution, 1975, 169-179 pp, http://store.elsevier.com/Isozymes-V4/isbn-9780323141871/. Details
• Kirk, R.L., Serum proteins and enzyme markers as indicators of population affinities in Australia and the Western Pacific, The Origin of the Australians, 1976, -329345 pp, http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/bibliography/?lid=12622. Details
• Kirk, R.L., Blake, N.M., Lai, L.Y.C., Cooke, D.R., Population Genetic Studies in Australian Aborigines of the Northern Territory. The Distribution of some Serum Protein and enzyme groups among the Malag of Elcho Island, Archaeology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania, vol. 4, 238-251 pp, http://www.kimberleyfoundation.org.au/directory/26147/. Details
• Ropartz, C., Rousseau, P. Y., Rivat, L., & Kirk, R. L., [Frequency of the Inv (a) factor in the aborigines of Western Australia], Nouvelle Revue Française d’hématologie, vol. 2, 1962, 86-90 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14493742. Details
• Sanghvi, L. D., Kirk, R. L., & Balakrishnan, V., A study of genetic distance among some populations of Australian aborigines, Human Biology, vol. 43, 1971, 445-458 pp, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41462310. Details
• Serjeantson, S.W., Kirk, R.L., Ranford, P., Beauchamp, M., HLA antigens and non-HLA chromosome 6 markers in Micronesians from Nauru, Tissue Antigens, vol. 22, 1983, 49-58 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6412399. Details
• Steinberg, A. G., & Kirk, R. L., Gm and Inv types of Aborigines in the Northern Territory of Australia, Archaeology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania, vol. 5, 1970, 163-172 pp, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40386117?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents. Details
• Van Wierst, B., Blake, N. M., Kirk, R. L., Jacobs, D. S., & Johnson, D. G., Genetic variation at the third locus of phosphoglucomutase in placentas from Australia and Papua New Guinea, Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, vol. 51, 1973, 857-860 pp, http://doi.org/10.1038/icb.1973.81. Details
• Vos, G. H., & Kirk, R. L., A "naturally-occurring" anti-E which distinguishes a variant of the E antigen in Australian aborigines, Vox Sanguinis, vol. 7, 1962, 22-32 pp, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1423-0410.1962.tb03225.x. Details
• Vos, G. H., Kirk, R. L., & Steinberg, A. G., The distribution of the gamma globulin types Gm(a), Gm(x) and Gm-like in South and Southeast Asia and Australia, American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 15, 1963, 44-52 pp, https://www.docphin.com/research/article-detail/15825601/PubMedID-13997934/The-distribution-of-the-gamma-globulin-types-Gma-Gmx-and-Gm-like-in-South-and-Southeast-Asia-and-Australia. Details
• Vos, G. H., Vos, D., Kirk, R. L., & Sanger, R., A sample of blood with no detectable Rh antigens, The Lancet, vol. 1961, 1961, 14-15 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13782143. Details