Harry Aldridge to Howitt 29 November 1882
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People
Places
Document Details
Date
29 Nov 1882
Letter From
Aldridge, Harry Edgar
Letter To
Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Author
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Country
Australia
Colony/State
Queensland
Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 11
Medium
Notes
Region
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Locality
Maryborough
Summary
The notes - dated November 29th [no year] - are a key/legend to a map traced by H. Aldridge and sent to A.W. Howitt of twenty-three numbered localities with corresponding Aboriginal place names in the Maryborough region of Queensland. Aldridge appears to refer to this map in an earlier letter to Howitt dated November 7th 1882: 'I will get a tracing of the district & mark the rivers & names on it' [XM 1].
Physical Description
Notes or letter, handwritten, partially dated. One sheet, three pages and a hand-traced map (one sheet). Notes include a list - a key/legend for the map. Condition: both notes and map have pin-holes and are creased from folds; foxing in a number of places on the notes.
