Frederic Bonney papers, ca. 1866-1915
Frederic Bonney papers, ca. 1866-1915
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Date
ca. 1866-1915
Call Numbers
MLMSS 259
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Physical Description
Contents
1 box of textual material
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Fonds
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 3117
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Item 1
a. Correspondence, 1881-ca. 1912, including letters from Henry Russell, NSW government astronomer 1891, Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881, and Alfred Howitt, 1904
b. Observations and notes, ca. 1866-1911, on the aboriginal way of life and language
Items 2-3
i. Notebooks ca. 1872-1911
item 4
ii. Notes ca. 1866-1908
Item 5...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Frederic Bonney papers, ca. 1866-1915
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Darling River Region -- Social life and customs
Anthropology -- New South Wales -- Darling River Region
Description source
Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-762 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Weatherall in November 1927
Administrative / Biographical history
Frederic Bonney lived and worked on the Darling River, N.S.W. from 1865-1880. Using the study he made of the aborigines during this time he presented a paper called 'On some custom of the aborigines of the river Darling, N.S.W.' to the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in 1883.
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 259
Record Identifier
1xqZv6GY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZv6GY
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Reference code
932323
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