ALP Cameron to Howitt 24 July 1883
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This document contains references to the following people, places, and cultural groups
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Document Details
Date
24 Jul 1883
Letter From
Cameron, A L P
Letter To
Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Author
—
Country
Australia
Colony/State
New South Wales
Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 120
Medium
Letter
Region
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Locality
Mulurulu
Summary
Letter refers to groups from Victoria. Discussion of marriage laws and use of resources. Discusses the Wimera group obtaining water from mallee roots and that there was a mutual avoidance between mother in laws and son in laws. A.L.P. Cameron opens by noting that he is sending his 'paper on the Aborigines of NSW' [not with letter].
Physical Description
Letter, handwritten in ink. Two quarto sheets, four pages. Text 'struck through' [by Howitt] with blue-pencil lines. Condition: loss of paper (and some text from a post script) torn from bottom of one corner of second sheet.
