Typescript of notebook of Mary Theresa McMahon, 1897 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 3586321
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- McMahon, Mary Theresa
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1897
- 0.03 metres (1 folder)
- Summary:
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Typescript copy of an account of Aboriginal Australians believed to have been written by Mary Theresa McMahon when she was 17 years old. Relates observations of and associations with neighbouring groups of Australian First Nations peoples, and includes language used by these groups.
- Biography/History:
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Mary Theresa McMahon (also known as Polly) grew up in the late 1800s on a property in the Burragorong Valley, N.S.W. She married Frederick Morton Eden in 1908.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no. : MS 9933.
- Typescript (12 leaves), copied ca. 1990.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Original essay held in the National Library of Australia Manuscript collection at MS 8102.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1897
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1967 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1897
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1897
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