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"My dear Spencer" : the letters of F.J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer / edited by John Mulvaney, Howard Morphy and Alison Petch.

Title
"My dear Spencer" : the letters of F.J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer / edited by John Mulvaney, Howard Morphy and Alison Petch.
Author
Gillen, Francis James, 1856-1912.
Publication
Melbourne : Hyland House, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Mulvaney, D. J. (Derek John), 1925-2016
  • Morphy, Howard
  • Petch, Alison, 1956-
  • Petch, Alison.
Description
xvii, 554 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., facsims., 1 map; 26 cm.
Summary
Correspondence between Outback postmaster Frank Gillen and Melbourne University academic, Baldwin Spencer, spanning the period 1894 to 1903, shedding light on race relations, social conditions and Aboriginal culture.
Subject
  • Gillen, Francis James, 1856-1912 > Correspondence
  • Gillen, Francis James, 1856-1912 > Diaries
  • Spencer, Baldwin, 1860-1929 > Correspondence
  • Gillen, F. J. 1855-1912 > Correspondence
  • Gillen, F. J. 1855-1912 > Diaries
  • Anthropologists > Australia > Correspondence
  • Aboriginal Australians > Australia, Central > Social life and customs
  • Aboriginal Australians > Northern Territory > Social life and customs
  • Aboriginal Australians > Central Australia > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
  • Diaries
  • Personal correspondence
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-539) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1864470216
OCLC
  • 38420412
  • SCSB-10742306
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library