Student course work from 1972 - an insect collection of 13 Orders from Victoria with class notes detailing killing methods of the era.Collected by BHC student Joanne Morris in 1972 from areas in greater Melbourne, Carrum, Cheltenham, Burnley, Eltham, Mildura, Clayton, Malvern and Ormond. Some from Mildura and Flinders. (1) Insects mounted with pins and hand written labels (Order, Family, Collected date and area). Two wooden boxes with slide in glass lids hand made by the student. (2) Folio of instruction notes, "Burnley College of Horticulture Entomology The Insect Collection." Directions on catching/collecting, killing, spreading and mounting the insects. However the catching part is not included.Box 1 contains name of Student JOANNE MORRIS - with each specimen having a handwritten label. ORDER BLATTARIA (3 specimens) ORDER COLEOPTERA (26 specimens) ORDER DERMAPTERA (1 specimen) ORDER DIPTERA (6 specimens) ORDER HEMIPTERA (11 specimens) ORDER HYMENOPTERA (12 specimens) Box 2 contains ORDER LEPIDOPTERA (25 specimens) ORDER MANTIDA (1 specimen) ORDER ORTHOPTERA (6 specimens) ORDER ODONATA (2 specimens) ORDER PLANIPENNIA (1 specimen), PHASMIDA (No Order label) (1 specimen) ORDER THYSANURA (1 specimen) (2) Folio called Entomology: The Insect Collection KILLING, KILLING BOTTLES, SPREADING AND THE SPREADING BOARD, RELAXING, MOUNTING and REARING information as class notes typed and roneoed on 3 x single sided foolscap sheets.insects, joanne morris, student collection, burnley horticultural college, artifact, entomology

Possibly part of a large collection sent to Creswick Campus or it is the full collection. Formerly kept in a laboratory classroom. Found in Curator's Cottage.6 large wooden boxes with metal clasps on 2 sides and glass top. Contain preserved insects pinned and with handwritten labels. 100% synthetic camphor within. Printed labels on each box. Plus "toxic" warning labels. Box 1. Thysanura. Thysanoptera, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Demaptera Box 2. Lepidoptera. Box 3. Diptera & Hymenoptera. Box 4. Spares. Box 5. Coleoptera. Box 6.Hemiptera.entomology, burnley horticultural college, artifact