Squatter, author and member of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines. Curr's publications included Recollections of Squatting in Victoria (1883) and the four volume The Australian Race: Its Origins, Languages, Customs (1886-1887). His work rose to prominence again in the 1990s when it was relied upon by Justice Olney in the Yorta Yorta native title claim.
Edward Micklethwaite Curr
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/curr-edward-micklethwaite-3301
https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p223251/pdf/book.pdf
https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p223251/pdf/book.pdf
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The Victorian Native TribePages 1Registration Number XM518Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. One sheet, one page. Condition: good. -
Fison to Howitt n.d.Pages 2Registration Number hw0047Author —Physical Description Handwrittten in black ink. Day and month only recorded not the year. -
Notes by Howitt on Kulin from BarakPages 102Registration Number hw0391Author Howitt, Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Handwritten notes, undated and numbered pages. Additional notations and annotations in the left hand margins; includes a newspaper article. -
Howitt to Fison 6 October 1879Pages 2Registration Number tip70-10-33-27Author —Physical Description Handwritten in ink, signed and dated. -
Howitt to Fison 26 January 1880Pages 2Registration Number tip70-10-34-2Author —Physical Description Handwritten in ink, signed and dated. Letter ends without a signature, however annotation and signature are located top of first page. -
Howitt to Fison 5 November 1880Pages 3Registration Number tip70-10-34-20Author —Physical Description Handwritten in ink, signed and dated.
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Letter from E Morris Miller 7 July 1907Registration Number hw0084Author —Physical Description — -
Notes on the Barkinji from CurrRegistration Number hw0136Author —Physical Description — -
Draft letter Howitt to C. RichardsRegistration Number hw0176Author —Physical Description — -
Gason to Howitt 19/04/1888Registration Number hw0335Author —Physical Description — -
Notes on the DieriRegistration Number hw0364Author —Physical Description — -
Howitt to Fison 8 October 1880Registration Number tip70-10-34-19Author —Physical Description — -
Howitt to Fison 10 April 1880Registration Number tip70-10-34-9Author —Physical Description — -
Curr Vocabulary ListRegistration Number XM100Author Bulmer, Reverend JohnPhysical Description Printed questionnaire, handwritten responses in ink, undated. One sheet, two pages. Printed list of English words with handwritten entries. Condition: good -
Notes by Howitt about Theories of Mathews and LangRegistration Number XM101Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Notes, handwritten, ink, undated. Eight sheets, ten pages. Some additional notations in margin. Condition: good -
A. Meston to Howitt 23 April 1893Registration Number XM259Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten in ink. Three sheets, five pages. Condition: good. -
Notes by FisonRegistration Number XM668Author Fison, LorimerPhysical Description Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. Two sheets and one slip of paper; three pages. Range of questions and corrections of text, with page references. Condition: good. -
Chapter VI Tribal GovernmentsRegistration Number XM689Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Draft notes, typed and handwritten, undated. 59 pages consisting of 47 foolscap sheets, 8 half-pages, and 3 slips. With annotations, attachments and corrections throughout. Condition: some sheets with torn and tattered edges; some with foxing.