Miscellaneous papers / Professor Derek Freeman.

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Miscellaneous papers / Professor Derek Freeman.

Folder 1-Aborigines of the Canberra Region -includes correspondence with W.P. Bluett and two copies of Bluett's ' The Aborigines of the Canberra District at the arrival of the White Man (access restricted) ; Folder 2 - miscellaneous articles ; Folder 3 - notes on Aborigines of the south coast - many published sources, includes notes from Judith Wilson 23/5/75 and a copy of a hand drawn map ; Folder 4 - photocopies and notes on Lake Tyers, Gippsland and Melbourne (includes map) ; Folder 5 - notes on Wunambul, Ngarinjin and Worore local groups ; Folder 6 - The Baobab Tree ; Folder 7 - West Kimberley.

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Freeman, Derek

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Prominent Australian anthropologist and author of the controversial book Margaret Mead and Samoa (1983), Derek Freeman was born in New Zealand in 1916 and educated at the University of London and Cambridge University. He received a masters (1948) for research on Samoa and a doctorate (1953) for fieldwork among the Iban of Borneo. Freeman was a professor at Australian National University and professor emeritus at ANU's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. Beginning in 1983 he stirred int...