Archival Resources Details

Francis James Gillen - Records

Title
Francis James Gillen - Records
Repository
State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana
Reference
PRG 54
Date Range
1901 - 1902
Description

Journals kept while with W.B. Spencer on the study of the Aboriginal communities in Central and Northern Australia (4 volumes) 1901-2; notebooks of fragments of spoken languages spoken, some habits and customs of Aborigines in the McDonnell Ranges, Charlotte Waters and other areas in Central and Northern Australia 1901-2 (5 volumes); illuminated address presented to him by fellow officers of the Overland Telegraph including ink illustrations of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station and the Artlunga Cyanide works 1899; [9 volumes, PRG 54].

Quantity
9 volumes
Access
Available for reference

People

EOAS ID: archives/BSAR00638.htm

This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

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