Letter from Jocelyn Brooke, undated
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This document contains references to the following people, places, and cultural groups
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Document Details
Date
1885 - 1882
Letter From
Brooke, Mr Jocelyn
Letter To
Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Author
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Country
Australia
Colony/State
Queensland
Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 67
Medium
Letter
Region
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Locality
Cooktown
Summary
Information recording the many customs, beliefs, practices and ceremonies of the Kaibara group of Queensland. Discusses method for hunting kangaroos and fish and restrictions in hunting certain birds and animals. Medical conditions and how they are treated such as headaches and sores. Food restrictions, certain herbs used as poisons for fishing, curing headaches, toothaches and backaches, herbs for medicinal purposes, healing sores and wounds, protocols regarding death and mourning.
Physical Description
Letter, incomplete, handwritten in ink, undated. One sheet, four pages. Top corner torn off otherwise condition is good.
