Letters from WJ Enright to AP Elkin

Two letters by WJ Enright to Elkin and a 3 page 'note' by Enright to Elkin. The letters and note contain general reference to drawings at Burragurra; Crosdale's artifact and photograph collection; Diamantina carvings; visits to Burnt Bridge and Nambucca Heads - Aboriginal population, employment, comment on social conditions; Charlie Bugg, Burnt Bridge, would like to arrange a dalghai [ceremony] for Elkin's next visit; marked trees; Towri being Gamilaraay name for tribal country; Woodland's wooden tablets, named Bunyanna; description of the Keeparra.

Names mentioned are Charlie Bugg; Mr Field at Burnt Bridge; Fred Buchanan at Nambucca Heads.; minor mention: Bob Dotti of Bowraville and Sam Kelly. Charles Callaghan and Alec Thompson of Bellbrook.

W. A. G. Enright, 'Enright, Walter John (1874–1949)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/enright-walter-john-6114/text10481, published first in hardcopy 1981. (Accessed online 2 July 2025.)