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In London we were fortunate to obtain interviews with lead members of two organisations for whom Wilkins worked in the 1920's, the Quaker's (or Society of Friends) and the Natural History Museum. Wilkins was employed by the Quakers in 1922 to produce a promotional documentary on the relief work they were undertaking in war torn Russia. The anecdotal documentary proved effective with enough funds being raised to continue relief work for many years to come. In 1924 Wilkins accepted a position from the Natural History Museum of Great Britain to lead an expedition to Australia to study the native flora and fauna. He collected thousands of specimens for the Natural History Museum, among them was a new species of bird which was named after him, the Wilkins Bunting. Wilkins also took advantage of the opportunity to study the Aboriginal people. He collected artefacts made and used by them for the museum but, more importantly, he studied their lifestyle. Wilkins concluded that their way of life was often far more advanced than our 'civilised' culture and came to believe that the Aboriginal people had telepathic abilities. | ||
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