Biographical notes and letters [manuscript]. 1960-1961.

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Biographical notes and letters [manuscript]. 1960-1961.

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Biographical notes (and five copies) on William Tietkens and the various districts he explored, foreward by Alan S. Hulme and notes by Eric L. Cook for the Commonwealth Dept. of Supply; also seven letters regarding his diary; also historical notes on Alice Springs and district (not directly related to Tietkens); also biographical note in the Australian Encyclopaedia and an obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Tietkens, William Henry, 1844-1933

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