Records relating to Huntington's Disease and its effects on the Aboriginal community

Archive Collections / Marjorie Alice Angas / Series AA676/03 / Records relating to Huntington's Disease and its effects on the Aboriginal community

This series comprises:

AA 676/3/1

  1. Two leather-bound notebooks listing names of some Aboriginal people affected by Huntington's Disease, as well as other personal data.

  2. Index book listing names of non-Aboriginal people in South Australia affected by Huntington's Disease, with genealogical details and other personal data.

  3. Index book listing Aboriginal people affected by Huntington's Disease, with genealogical and other personal data.

  4. Index book listing dates of death of some Aboriginal people, also addresses of some non-Aboriginal people (presumably related to Angas' Huntington's Disease studies).

  5. Personal and genealogical data on South Australian Aboriginal families affected by Huntington's Disease.


These records are contained in Box 7.

AA 676/3/2
  1. Black ring folder containing handwritten notes by Marjorie Angas on Huntington's Disease.

  2. Black ring folder containing births, deaths and marriages data and other personal data on Aboriginal people.

  3. Black ring folder of genealogical data on Aboriginal people affected by Huntington's Disease, as well as other notes, papers and correspondence.

  4. Manila folder of notes and correspondence relating to Huntington's Disease.

  5. Notebook (diary) entitled "Huntington's Disease Registers Non-Aboriginal" listing names, addresses and other personal details of non-Aboriginal people in South Australia affected by Huntington's Disease.


These records are contained in Box 8.

This series includes references to the following regions of South Australia:
Adelaide - Mount Lofty Ranges; River Murray - Coorong; Yorke Peninsula.

This series includes references to the following named groups:
Narangga; Ngarrindjeri.

Tindale Tribes: Narangga.

AIATSIS Language Groups: Narangga; Ngarrindjeri.

CreatorMarjorie Alice Angas
ControlAA 676/3/1-2
Date Range1950  -  2000
Quantity 34cm,     2 boxes
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, Newspaper Clippings, General Correspondence, Photocopied Documents, Loose Notes, Indexes
Series AA676/03
Tindale Tribes: