Papers. 1936-1955.

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Papers. 1936-1955.

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Personal papers (1936-1955), including letters from her son Sir John Hackett (1954-1955); company papers of Tantalum Ltd., Northwest Tantalum N.L. and Minilya Pastoral Company (1953-1955); notebooks of A.J. Bussell concerning South-West Aborigines and their dialect; correspondence and notes concerning proposed publications on Aborigines; typescripts, including typescript of "An attempt to eat the moon" and dictionaries of Dordenup language; photographs of Aboriginal rock paintings and art; scores of Aboriginal songs with translated words and music.

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Bussell, Alfred John.

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Hackett, John, Sir, 1910-1997

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Buller-Murphy, Deborah, 1888-1965

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Daughter of Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman and Grace Bussell; married Sir John Winthrop Hackett in 1905, Frank Moulden in 1918, and Basil Buller-Murphy in 1936. She supported many charities and was a noted financier and chairperson of a number of mining and pastoral companies. During the late 1930s, she researched the language, customs and legends of the Dordenup tribe with a view to producing a book which, because of her other commitments, was never completed. Dordenup (or Wardandi) was a Nyung...