Notes on the Wakelbura tribe
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Document Details
Date
1904 - 1880
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 569
Medium
Notes
Region
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Locality
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Summary
Content regarding description of marriage rules and customs for the Wakelbura tribe. Descriptions of obtaining of wives by betrothal, and in some cases by elopement and capture. Subheading in margin states: 'Wakelbura'. Draft of text for Howitt's 'The Native Tribes of South-East Australia, 1904, Chapter V, p. 221-225.
Physical Description
Draft notes, handwritten in ink, undated. Four sheets, five pages. With sub-heading in margin. Draft text 'struck through' [by Howitt] with vertical red-pencil lines. Condition: good.
