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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

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