Notes from Lorimer Fison
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This document contains references to the following people, places, and cultural groups
People
- James Bonwick
- Andrew Lang
- David Mackenzie
- William Hughes
- Francis Lancelott
- P Just
- Thomas John Buckton
Places
Document Details
Date
Jun 1884
Letter From
—
Letter To
—
Author
Fison, Lorimer
Country
Australia
Colony/State
Victoria
Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 455
Medium
Notes
Region
—
Locality
Melbourne
Summary
Notes and references comprising titles of books, extracts, and comments, from a number of publications including those by Robert Dawson (pastoralist), John McKinlay (explorer), William Landsborough (explorer), and others (see original Howitt Collection summary sheet). Comparisons drawn between Australian Aborigines and people from Fiji and New Hebrides (Tana). On page two of the covering letter associated with these notes, Lorimer Fison writes that he had visited the Public Library and 'put in an hour's reading or more ... I send you the results'.
Physical Description
Notes, handwritten in pencil, undated. Eighteen sheets, seventy pages. Some text in French. On letterhead of 'Institution Ethnographique de Paris. Le Delegue Correspondant a Fiji'. Condition: good.
