Handwritten notes
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Document Details
Date
1908 - 1883
Letter From
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Letter To
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Author
Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Country
Australia
Colony/State
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Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 484
Medium
Notes
Region
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Locality
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Summary
It is not clear as to which is the 'front' sheet of this item. Content on of front of document refers to relationship terms and the back of the document relates to marriage and class systems. Headings include: 'Notes on the Australian class system, May 1883'; Australian Group Relations, Smithsonian Report 1883; and ' Mr Gason says'. Front of document refers to table of relationship terms for Dieri, Urabunna, Kurnandaburi, Arunta and Wathi Wathi. Reverse includes notes on class/marriage systems with page numbers for Smithsonian Report 1883.
Physical Description
Notes, handwritten in ink. One sheet, both sides. 'Front' sheet numbered 36a in top right hand corner - incomplete. Text 'struck through' [by Howitt] with pencilled line. Headings on the reverse. Condition: good
