Summary

Dr Roy Simmons was a Senior Consultant with the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, in Parkville, Victoria. He collaborated extensively with Bob Kirk, performing complete blood typing on samples collected in Australia for the International Biological Programme, Human Adaptability 1 project.

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Archival resources

National Centre for Indigenous Genomics

• Correspondence, 1968, 04D-22; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence, 1966 - 1973, 02B-33; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Correspondence and Survey Results, 1968 - 1969, 02B-34; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Draft Manuscript, - 1971, 02D-26; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Field Notes and Survey Results, 1969, 02D-12; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Kinship Systems, 1962 - 1966, 06A-06; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Laboratory workbook, 1968 - 1970, Lab-01-001; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Manuscript, 04D-15; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Printed Material, 1972 - 2011, PUB 41-50; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Printed Material, 1969 - 1982, PUB 61-70; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Simmons, R. T., Graydon, J. J., & Gajdusek, D. C., 'A blood group genetical survey in Australian aboriginal children of the Cape York Peninsula', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 16, no. 1, 1958, pp. 59-77. Also available at http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330160105. Details

Online Resources

• Trove, National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-846143. Details
• Curtain, C. C., Loghem, Erna V. A. N., Fudenberg, H. Hugh, Tindale, N. B., Simmons, R. T., Doherty, R. L., Vost, G., Distribution of the Immunoglobulin Markers at the IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgA2 and k-chain Loci in Australian Aborigines: Comparison with New Guinea Populations, American Journal of Human Genetics, 1972, 145-155 pp, https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/pub?list=BRO&pid=procite:b82c8ce1-0ff9-42de-8183-ece52a1a7095. Details
• Simmons, R. T., & Cooke, D. R., Population genetic studies in Australian Aborigines of the Northern Territory: Blood Group Genetic Studies in the Malag of Elcho Island, Archaeology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania, vol. 4, 1969, 252-259 pp, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40386094?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents. Details
• Simmons, R. T., & Graydon, J. J., Population genetic studies in Australian Aborigines of the Northern Territory. Blood group genetic studies on populations sampled at 16 localities including Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt., Human Biology in Oceania, vol. 1, 1971, 23-53 pp, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5005558. Details