Unsigned letter to Howitt 21 January 1884
Transcription - Page 2
never existed so far as I can learn
There are only about 50 natives
within a radius of say 100 miles
of this place and they are all employed
on the Stations - the women
living principally with the
Europeans. I do not think
there are more than half a
dozen children under 10 years
of age - I send you a short
vocabulary of the language -
Kangaroos (of which there are
very few) and Turkeys must
have formed their chief [?sources?]
of food and with spinach
the only vegetable diet.
I may inform you that this
place is situated 5 miles from
Sturts Depot Glen and [?Missus or Messers?]
Poole + Mr Burn and is [??]
Document Details
Date
21 Jan 1884
Letter From
Unrecorded
Letter To
Howitt, Alfred William
Author
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Country
Australia
Colony/State
New South Wales
Holding Institution
State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
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Registration Number
MS9356/211
Medium
Letter
Region
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Locality
Milparinka
Summary
MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales . [Sub Series] General notes and correspondence [Item Title] Unsigned letter. [Summary note] Original listing described the letter as from A. L. P Cameron to A. W. Howitt, but the letter is unsigned. Milparinka. 3 pages. 1884 January 21. Box 1050 [Folder] 6(a) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description
Handwritten in ink. Dated and addressed from Milparinka, however unsigned.