Drafts, notes and research papers relating to publications in the fields of South Australian archeology and anthropology

Archive Collections / Harold More Cooper / Series AA64/04 / Drafts, notes and research papers relating to publications in the fields of South Australian archeology and anthropology

This series includes the following items:

  1. Handwritten draft of paper published as: 'Large Archaeological Stone Implements from Hallett Cove, South Australia' (Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 82, 1959, pp. 55-60). This paper includes a reference to 'the recently extinct natives of the Adelaide plains'. Formerly Acc. No. 28.

  2. Handwritten, incomplete, draft of paper published as: 'Archaeological Stone Implements along the Lower River Wakefield',Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 84, 1961, pp. 105-118. Formerly Acc. No. 27.

  3. Drafts of paper published as: 'Archaeological Stone Implements from a Lagoon Bed, Kangaroo Island, South Australia', Records of the South Australian Museum, 15 (2), 1966, pp. 311-327. This material includes handwritten and typescript drafts, including drafts marked '2nd last rough copy' and 'Last Rough Copy'. Formerly Acc. No. 10.

  4. Drafts and proofs of a paper published as: 'A Further Description of Large Stone Implements from South Australia', Records of the South Australian Museum 15(4), 1968, pp. 581-603. The material comprises: titled manilla folder containing handwritten notes and drafts; titled manilla folder containing a complete manuscript; one complete typescript, one carbon copy of a typescript, a set of galley proofs and a set of final proofs. The article discusses archaeological sites at Hallett Cove, South Australia, and Willochra Creek, near Melrose, South Australia, and also includes brief discussion of sites at Wepowie Creek, Oororoo, South Australia, and South Hummocks, near Lake Bumbunga, South Australia, and Cape Hart, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Formerly Acc. No. 5, with the exception of the carbon copy typescript. Note related material in Series AA 64/2 Correspondence.

  5. Drafts and proofs of a paper published as: 'An Archaeological Camp-site in the Vicinity of Hallett Cove, South Australia', Records of the South Australian Museum 15(4), 1968, pp. 605-614. The paper discusses a camp-site on Sheidow Ridge, near Hallett Cove, South Australia. The material comprises: two handwritten drafts, one typed draft, two carbon copies of a typescript draft, a set of galley proofs and a set of final proofs. Formerly Acc. No. 4, with the exception of one of the carbon copies.

  6. Drafts of a paper published as: 'The Record of Man', a chapter in HM Cooper, M Kenny and JM Scrymgour (see AA 897), Hallett Cove: A Field Guide, 1970, Adelaide, The South Australian Museum. The material comprises two handwritten drafts and a carbon copy of a typescript. This paper includes historical notes and also information on Hallett Cove's 'former native inhabitants', the Kaurna, including description of group boundaries, food sources, stone tools and the archaeological camp-site at Hallett Cove. Formerly Acc. No. 3, with the exception of the carbon copy typescript.



This series contains references to the following regions of South Australia: Flinders Ranges; Adelaide - Mount Lofty Ranges; Kangaroo Island.

This series includes reference to the following named groups: Adelaide plains; the Kaurna.

Corresponding Tindale Tribes: Kaurna.

Corresponding AIATSIS Language groups: Kaurna.

CreatorHarold More Cooper
ControlAA 64/4/1-6
Date Range1959  -  1970
Quantity 6cm,     papers
FormatsLoose Notes
Series AA64/04
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