Alexander William Milligan
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Alexander William Milligan was an Australian accountant, legal clerk, zoological collector and ornithologist.
Milligan behind a malleefowl nest, Wongan, 1903
Western Australia
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Western Australia is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South A
Alexander William Milligan
…collector and ornithologist. Milligan was born at Sulky Gully, near Ballarat in Victoria. He was educated at Guildford, Victoria. In 1897 he moved to Western Australia where he worked as a temporary accountant with the Department of Lands and Surveys. He was a founding member in 1901 of the Royal Australasian…
John Forrest was the first Premier of Western Australia.
"West Australia" on a 1902 stamp
A quokka on Rottnest Island
The black swan is the state bird of Western Australia.