Account of Aboriginal customs in the north west of Western Australia, 1900 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 52981
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Durlacher, John Slade, 1859-1918
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1900
- 1 cm. (1 folder)
- Summary:
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An account of Aboriginal customs in the north west of Western Australia, based on the author's experiences in the region in the 1870s and 1880s. The manuscript is 125 pages in length and includes a twelve page vocabulary and 16 pencil drawings illustrating the text. Subjects covered in the text include pearling, camp life, dances, marriage customs, superstitions, tribal boundaries, burial ceremonies, body markings, hunting, fire-making, corroborees, fishing, war, food, gender relations and language difficulties.
- Biography/History:
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J. S. Durlacher was a farmer at York in the north west of Western Australia from 1876 to 1885.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 8039.
- Original held by State Archives of Western Australia.
- Reproduction:
- Photocopy.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1876, 1885
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1988 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1918
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1900
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