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Digital Resources Details Correspondence

Title
Correspondence from Dr R.L.Kirk to Mr. Hardwick (Native Affairs Office, Leonora) on 25/08/1960.
Description

This letter to Mr Hardwick advising of the unusual finding of a specific individual who has no Rh grouping. Dr Kirk advises that if this is accurate, it will be the first known case in the world. Dr Kirk requests permission from Mr Hardwick for one of his team to return to Leonora to collect further samples to send on to London for further investigation and hopes to identify relatives of this individual if possible.

Date
25/8/1960
Control
02D-19-049
Rights
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  • Correspondence, 1959 - 1961, 02D-19; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details