- Bib ID:
- 8079662
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Mountford, Bessie, 1890-1996
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between 1976 and 1979]
- 0.18 m (1 archives box)
- Summary:
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The collection comprises 30 letters, telegrams, and documents relating to the publication and injunction of ethnologist and author Charles Mountford's book "Nomads of the Australian Desert" (1976), accumulated by Mountford's widow Bessie. Included are letters from Mrs Mountford to the publisher Rigby Ltd. Commonwealth politicians and Government agencies and department bureaucrats plus their replies. Nomads of the Australian Desert includes photographs and information relating to sacred sites and ceremonies of the Pitjantjatjara community, who lodged and were granted an injunction by the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 1976, against the sale, distribution and display within the Northern Territory.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference number: MS 10530.
- Subject:
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- Time Coverage:
- 1976-1979
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- Copying of rights holder’s copyright material is permitted for research purposes
- Copyright:
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Copyright Undetermined
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
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