Dr William Delano Walker personal diaries

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A loose leaf diary detailing WD Walker's daily life including study, medical duties, travel and personal routine.

This part of the loose leaf diary documents WD Walker's interest in photography.

Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • separation sheet annotated "Aborigines". Reverse draft rules for descriptions

  • Aboriginal photographs, list for descriptions in columns. SA Museum 29 August 1930 and Manners and customs of the World 18 March 1931 (Mr Stubbs). List of 26 titles plus 20 titles

  • On WD Walker letterhead description of enclosed 15 contacts: 1. Bloodwood tree, 2, Spotted Gum, 3. and 4. Witchedty bush. Reverse 5. and 6. The Wild Orange, 7. 8. and 9. The wild peach or rough stoned quondong, 10. and 11. Parakylia

  • On WD Walker letterhead description of contacts continued. 12 Loritja Aboriginal, 213. and 14. Ilpera native and family, 15. Aborigines at a rock hole

  • Description of 22 Aboriginal photographs (diary November 1927 and January 1928) for the SA Museum 28 August 1930 ; "1. Loritja Aboriginal, 22. Loritja and Ilpera Aborigines, 3. Loritja man and Ilpera boy. Reverse 4. Loritja Aboriginal cooking kangaroo"

  • "4. continued. Reverse 5. Rimpuringa natives at Attach Creek, 6. Stalking ducks"

  • "6. Rimpuringa natives at Attack Creek. 7. Young Chingilla lubra and child at Powell Creek, 8. Young Rimpuringa Aboriginal with bone in his nose, 9. Loritja Aboriginal at Yaih-Yaigh, 10. Young Ilpera lubra with her baby boy. Reverse 11. Ilpera native and family, 12. Splinter making fire, 13. Cabbage chief of Wurramurra tribe"

  • "14. Wuramurra burial Powell Creek, 15. Yantawanta burial Innamincka, 16. Loritja Aboriginal dipping water. Reverse 17. Loritja Aboriginal drinking from a pichi, 18. Lizard tracks in the sand, 19. Loritja Aboriginal digging out a goanna, 20. Loritja Aboriginal with a goanna"

  • "21. His permanent wave Arundta Aboriginal from Crown Point, 22. Early skull with Atlas fused to Occipital Condyles, 23. Aboriginals at rock hole

  • 23. Bloodwood, 24. Spotted Gums, 25. Wild orange, 26. Wild peach or rough stoned quondong"

  • This item is Restricted. "346. Corroboree, 37. Corroboree stones of the Emu totem, 40. Witchedty Bush, 41. Canoe tree. Reverse 42. Honey ants, 43. Car in Parakylia"

  • "44. Aborigine with emu, 54. Kurditcha shoes, 55. Old gin with dog around her loins, 56. see description for 15."

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/4/29/10
Date Range1920  -  1938
Quantity 0.1cm,    
FormatsGeneral Publications, Diaries, Indexes
Series AA357/04