SENSITIVE CONTENT Letters From WE Harney to AP Elkin

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This item is comprised of letters by Harney to Elkin containing research notes and 1 small newspaper clipping.

Language Groups: Primarily the Tiwi People, Mudburra and Yanyuwa.

Places: Northern Territory, Tiwi Islands, Katherine, Daly River.

1 Newspaper clipping, 11.12.?, North Queensland Register, reports on a response by Dr. Thompson, anthropologist, on the unresponsiveness of the Administration in regard to Aboriginal welfare.

Harney writes to Elkin of his research into Relationship Systems of the Tiwi Islands; the Mudburra, Wardaman and neighbouring language groups and includes research notes; sexual knowledge and the birth of children; and patrilineal lines of descent.

Research notes:
Bundle 1: 3 pp: 'Anula subsections and their relationship to the Mudbura with some notes.'
Bundle 2: 4 pp: 'Table of subsections of different tribes.' Comparison of the Mudburra system with other Northern Territory language groups including the Wardaman, Binbinga and Yangman.

Mentions.
Daly River: Noanin - Dreaming mark; Kanagidge - canoe; traditional mat and hand bag made by Mulluck Mulluck at Adelaide River being sent to Elkin towards the end of August.