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Papers of Peter Read, 1976-1998 [manuscript]
Bib ID 2877430
Format ManuscriptManuscript
Author
Read, Peter, 1945-
 
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Access Conditions Partly restricted (Folders 1-30 and folio 1 restricted until 2002). 
Description [1976-1998] 
1.4 m. (10 boxes) + 1 folio + 1 elephant folio item. 
Summary

1. Correspondence, newscuttings, research notes, photographs and corrected drafts relating to Read's book 'Charles Perkins : a biography', published by Viking Books in 1990. (Restricted until 2002). 2. Correspondence, photographs, maps, notes, corrected drafts relating to Read's history of Northern Territory Aborigines 'Long time, olden time,' published as a book and audio tapes by the Institute of Aboriginal Development in 1992 and as a CD-ROM by Firmware in 1993. The book, tapes (including master reels) and CD-ROM are also included. 3. Draft manuscripts and correspondence documenting Read's study 'Returning to nothing : the meaning of lost places' published by Cambridge University Press in 1996.

Biography/History

Historian based at the Australian National University.

Notes

Manuscript reference no.: MS 8430.

Digital content preserved (MS 8430)

Related Material Peter Read's Ph.D. thesis 'A history of the Wiradjuri people of New South Wales' is held by the National Library of Australia at MS 1021. 
Index/Finding Aid Note Finding aid available online. 
Subjects Read, Peter, 1945- -- Archives.  |  Read, Peter, 1945-. Charles Perkins : a biography.  |  Perkins, Charles, 1936-2000.  |  Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Biography.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- History.  |  Northern Territory -- History.  |  Northern Territory -- Race relations.
Time Coverage 1976-1998 
Occupation Historians.  |  Academics.
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Charles Perkins : a biography

Long time, olden time

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