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Alexander Cameron MacDonald - Records

Title
Alexander Cameron MacDonald - Records
Repository
Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
Date Range
1855 - 1923
Description

Correspondence with various 19th and early 20th century Australian scientists, minutes, manuscripts, newspaper cuttings and publications; minutes of the Victorian branch of the Geographical Society of Australasia 1883-96 (2 volumes) including letters and cuttings; manuscript entitled 'Mysteries of the Pacific' (1903) with manuscript and printed material by MacDonald relating to the early history of Australia; lists of Aboriginal words, correspondence concerning Aboriginal place names and vocabularies, press cutting on Aborigines; pamphlets mostly on historical and geographical subjects; obituaries and biographical cuttings; cutting book containing a series of articles entitled 'Old Melbourne' published in "Truth" 1909-10; overall dates 1855-1923 [61 cm].

Quantity
0.61 m
Access
Available for reference

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