It was Alfred Russel Wallace who realised the Lombok Strait in Indonesia represents the biogeographic boundary between the fauna of Asia and Australia and subsequently named the Wallace Line. On the Asian side of the Wallace Line are elephants, tigers, primates and birds specific to Asia. While on the Australian side are marsupials, monotremes and birds specific to Australia, such as white cockatoos, brush turkeys and the spectacular birds of paradise. He was also the co-discoverer of the origin of species along with Charles Darwin.

DELIVERY MODE

• Hybrid (F2F & Online simultaneously)

SUGGESTED READING

• The Wallace Line - Where Australia Collides with Asia, Ian Burnet, Alfred Street Press, 2025

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Learn of the life of Alfred Russel Wallace.
2. Follow his collecting expeditions along the Amazon in Brazil and in Asia.
3. Learn of his discovery of the Wallace Line.
4. Learn of his relationship with Charles Darwin and the discovery of the origin of species