Papers. 1907-1940.

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Papers. 1907-1940.

Letters (1907-1940); correspondence with L. Glauert (of the W.A. Museum) concerning specimens while at Ooldea native camp (1922-1935); several drafts of "The passing of the Aborigines" with notes used in the preparation of the mss. The bulk of the National Library of Australia's Daisy Bates collection is the manuscript of her work "The native tribes of Western Australia", written during her period of service with the Western Australian government from 1904-1912. Many of the drafts have been annotated by A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, a British social anthropologist.

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Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951

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Daisy May Bates was a social worker and anthropologist who lived with the Aborigines for more than thirty years and wrote about their language and customs. From the description of Letters. 1901-1951. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225689638 Social worker among the Australian Aborigines. Author of The Passing of the Aborigines (1938). From the description of Letters. 1918-1946. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225766793 Daisy Bates w...