Answers to questions relating to the Wonghi Tribe, Lachlan District, NSW
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This document contains references to the following people, places, and cultural groups
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Document Details
Date
1883 - 1880
Letter From
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Letter To
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Author
Cameron, A L P
Country
Australia
Colony/State
New South Wales
Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 124
Medium
Notes
Region
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Locality
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Summary
Notes contain responses to A.W. Howitt's questions - answers '1st' to '9th'. Content refers to Wonghi Tribe of New South Wales and discusses many aspects of social organisation including how the tribe is divided into four primary classes, practice of polygamy, parental consent necessary for a girl to marry, and methods for obtaining a wife.
Physical Description
Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. One folded sheet, four pages. Text 'struck through' [by Howitt] with vertical, blue-pencil lines. Titled and signed ALPC [ALP Cameron]. Condition: foxing, particularly along upper edge.
