and served as its president from 1946-1947. Mathews built up a collection of 30,000 bird skins and a library of 5,000 books on ornithology. He donated his ornithological library to the National Library of Australia in 1939.

In 1939, Matthews donated a small collection of Aboriginal ethnographic items from Australia to the British Museum.

Family

He married Mrs Marian Wynne, a widow.

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