'Australian Genealogies 1, 1938-39'

Harvard and Adelaide Universities expedition, 1938-1939

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This item is the first of two volumes of genealogies collected whilst on the Harvard and Adelaide Universities expedition, May 1938 to May 1939. This item is a bound volume containing six books of genealogies.

Book One is titled 'Woodenbong, NSW', and contains seven pages of genealogies from Woodenbong (pp. A-1 to G-1). There are also seven pages of information about Aboriginal Stations at Woodenbong, Swan Reach, Cumeroogunga, Pilliga, Brewarrina, and Boggabilla. Included is a letter to NB Tindale from Theodore Beggs.

Book Two is titled 'Mona Mona, QLD', and contains twelve pages of genealogies from
Mona Mona (pp. A-1 to L-1). There are four pages of notes regarding the tribes mentioned and information about the Aboriginal Station at Mona Mona.

Book Three is titled 'Yarrabah, QLD', and contains nineteen pages of genealogies from Yarrabah (pp. A-1 to R-1). There are two pages of information about the Aboriginal Station at Yarrabah.

Book Four is titled 'Palm Island, QLD, I', and contains twenty-two pages of genealogies from Palm Island numbered (pp. A-1 to V-1).

Book Five is titled 'Palm Island, Book II', and contains four pages of genealogies from Palm Island (pp. 2A-1 to 2S-1). There are also two pages of information about the Aboriginal Station at Palm Island.

Book Six is titled 'Cherbourg, QLD', and contains thirteen pages of genealogies from Cherbourg (pp. A-1 to A-13) There is also three pages of notes which includes an index of 'Tribes at Cherbourg,' information about Cherbourg, and the diet at Cherbourg, Moore River and Mount Margaret Missions.

There are 77 pages of genealogies, 18 pages of notes and 191 blank pages. This item was previously identified as 'Birdsell Collection Notebook 3.3.

CreatorDr Joseph Benjamin Birdsell
ControlAA 689/2/1/1
Date Range1938  -  1939
Quantity 4cm,   1   green hard-bound notebook, 286pp, 33.5x21cm
FormatsNotebooks
Series AA689/02