This item is a ten page typewritten draft of an article written by Frank Fenner titled 'The Physical Characteristics of the Australian Aborigines'. Handwritten notes on the front page indicate the draft was dated 8 August 1951, and was prepared for inclusion in The Australian Encyclopaedia. It was published in Chisholm, Alec H (ed.) (1958) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Angus & Robertson, Sydney.