UT547 Guiler Collection University Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections
Level 5, Morris Miller Library, Sandy Bay Campus, University of Tasmania Tasmania Australia 7005 Telephone: +613 6226 2243 Email: special.collections@utas.edu.au http://www.utas.edu.au/library/research/special-and-rare-collections
2019-02-24 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.1 2026-08-13 00:11 UTC English Guiler Collection UT547 1953-1978 160 small 8mm reels in 3 boxes + 1 box of animal sighting record cards University Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections
Level 5, Morris Miller Library, Sandy Bay Campus, University of Tasmania Tasmania Australia 7005 Telephone: +613 6226 2243 Email: special.collections@utas.edu.au http://www.utas.edu.au/library/research/special-and-rare-collections
Eric Rowland Guiler

Dr Guiler was born in Ireland and moved to Tasmania in 1947 to work at the Zoology Department, University of Tasmania. He became an early researcher into the Tasmanian Devil, and a leading researcher on the Thylacine. Guiler was a Lecturer 1948-1951, Senior Lecturer 1952-1973 and then Reader 1974-1983 in Zoology at the University of Tasmania. He published over 100 scientific papers including 6 on the Tasmanian Tiger. He conducted several expeditions into remote areas of Tasmania. For more information see : http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/

Published

Collection consists of Thylacine Expedition 8 mm films, and notes on site locations etc. collected on location at Mt Nelson, Granville Harbour and Cape Portland , in Tasmania between 1953 and 1978 by Eric Guiler.Reel 104 is an example of the films. All films are available for viewing at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/36113/

2020

NOTE: Films are available to view at UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections or online at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/36113/

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