Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918

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Surveyor and anthropologist. After his retirement as a surveyor in the early 1890s, he spent twenty years researching the anthropology and languages of the Australian Aborigines. During this time he had over 100 papers published in anthropological and scientific journals. R.H. Mathews was the father of ornithologist Gregory Mathews.

From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1870-1946. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225829974

Surveyor turned anthropologist who studied the social life and languages of Aboriginal Australians.

From the description of Research notes on Australian Aboriginal languages [manuscript]. 1875-1891. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225851415
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creatorOf Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918. Papers - correspondence, diary and working notes, 1893- 1918 / typescript copies, with annotations by A.P. Elkin, and holograph letters from C. Strehlow to Mathews and from Mathews to Freiherr M. von Leonhardi. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907. Letters to Edward Burnett Tylor, 1879-1895. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918. Research notes on Australian Aboriginal languages [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918. Papers [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Mathews, Robert Hamilton, 1841-1918. Notebooks, c.1868-1912. Libraries Australia
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIi, 1897 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Mathews, Robert Hamilton, 1841-1918. A giant in a cave : an Australian legend. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Fitzherbert, John Aloysius, 1892-1970. [Notes on a paper read before the Royal Society of New South Wales November 7th 1906 by R.H. Mathews, entitled Notes on some native tribes of Australia, and Notes on the Binandere language, Gira and Mamba Rivers, Papua] [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj, 1898-1988 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918. Australian languages material : field notes. Libraries Australia
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associatedWith Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. person
associatedWith Bogisch, H. Paul. person
associatedWith Bulmer, John, 1833-1913. person
associatedWith Cameron, A. L. P. person
associatedWith Curr, Edward M. (Edward Micklethwaite), 1820-1889. person
associatedWith Elkin, A. P. (Adolphus Peter), 1891-1979. person
associatedWith Enright, Walter John. person
associatedWith Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907. person
associatedWith Fitzherbert, John Aloysius, 1892-1970. person
associatedWith Howitt, A. W. (Alfred William), 1830-1908. person
associatedWith Leonhardi, Moritz von. person
associatedWith Mathew, J. person
associatedWith Perry, Harry. person
associatedWith Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933. person
associatedWith Shaw, J. person
associatedWith Strehlow, C. (Carl), 1871-1922. person
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