Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker domestic, personal and professional correspondence

Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker domestic, personal and professional correspondence

Archive Collections / Dr William Delano Walker / Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker domestic, personal and professional correspondence

Date Range: 1911 - 1938

Collection: Dr William Delano Walker

Quantity: 125.4cm, 1254

Arranged: Chronological

Series Identifier: AA357/09

THIS SERIES CONTAINS RESTRICTED MATERIAL

Dr Walker, a medical practitioner, observed and treated a variety of people for an array of illinesses, ranging from dental problems to infectious diseases during his travels and professional life, some of which may be documented in Mrs Walker's diaries. Doctor and Mrs Walker also observed and described some Australian Aboriginal ceremonial activity and associated materials.

This series deals with a volume of domestic, personal and professional correspondence between Dr and Mrs Walker, and with a range of family and professional contacts. Some portions have been noted for restricted access, either as being culturally sensitive or because of the graphic nature of some medical conditions or to protect the privacy of individual's personal affairs.

This material is supplemented by parts of Dr Walker's personal diaries in which he 'concentrates' or summarises inwards and outwards correspondence.

There is a significant amount of domestic correspondence from Dr Walker to Mrs Walker during periods of seperation while he was doing locum work. Only a small amount of Mrs Walker's correspondence addressed to Dr Walker appears to have survived.