Charles Price Conigrave (1882–1961) was a West Australian zoologist, author and explorer. He led the Kimberley Exploring Expedition of 1911, making collections of flora and fauna, and mapping the region between

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and Napier Broome Bay. Conigrave included photographs of

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in his reports, which were published in contemporary newspapers. On his expeditions he recorded the

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and

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rivers, naming the former after the

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and latter after his brother Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conigrave, Charles Price Zoological collectors 1882 births 1961 deaths Explorers of Western Australia