1908 Kermadec Islands expedition

1908 Kermadec Islands expedition
Location	Kermadec Islands
Start	December 1907
End	November 1908
Leader	Walter Oliver
Participants	Charles Edward Warden Walter Oliver Tom Iredale S R Oliver Walter Lawrence Wallace

The 1908 Kermadec Islands expedition was a research expedition undertaken between December 1907 and November 1908 to investigate the biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Purpose

This expedition sought to study the biology, geology and meteorology of the Islands. ^{[5] [6]}

Participants

• Walter Oliver, leader, botany and geology ^{[5] [6]}
• C. E. Warden, meteorology ^[6]
• S. R. Oliver, botany and geology ^[6]
• T. Iredale, birds and shells ^[6]
• W. L. Wallace, entomology ^[6]

Itinerary

The party sailed on the Hinemoa from Auckland on 28 December 1907 to the Kermadec Islands where they intended staying for 12 months. ^[7] The researchers were picked up after 10 months, returning to Auckland on 16 November 1908. ^[8]

Results of research

Walter Oliver described the physical features and structure of the islands in a presentation and paper (5911 words) to the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury on 19 October 1910. ^{[9] [10]}

Tom Iredale summarised the bird life and marine mollusca of the Kermadec Islands to the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1910. ^{[11] [12]}

References

1. "Scientific excursion". Bay of Plenty Times . Vol. XXXVI, no. 5147. 27 December 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
2. Tom Iredale (1 July 1910). "Bird life on the Kermadec Islands". Emu . 10 (1): 2–16. doi:10.1071/MU910002. ISSN   0158-4197. Wikidata   Q125502465.
3. Wise, K. A. J. (1972). "Neuroptera of the Kermadec Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 9: 269–272. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906185. OCLC   9986845768. Wikidata   Q58676929.
4. "The Kermadec Islands". Wanganui Herald . Vol. XXXXI, no. 12356. 28 December 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
5. Nathan, Simon. "1908 expedition". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
6. "The Kermadec Expedition". Inangahua Times. 17 November 1908. p. 4. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
7. "The Kermadec Islands". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
8. "Unsuccessful Search for the Loch Lomond". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
9. "The Geology of the Kermadec Islands". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
10. Oliver, W. Reginald B. (1910). "The Geology of the Kermadec Islands". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 43: 524.
11. "Bird-life on the Kermadec Islands". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
12. Iredale, Tom (1910). "Bird-life on the Kermadec Islands". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 43 (1): 2–16. Bibcode:1910EmuAO..10....2I. doi:10.1071/MU910002.