• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH000048

Papers, 1907-1940 [manuscript]

  • Repository State Library of Western Australia
    J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History
  • Reference MN 1406; ACC 6193A plus 12 others
  • Date Range 1907 - 1940
  • Description

    Letters (1907-1940); correspondence with L. Glauert (of the W.A. Museum) concerning specimens while at Ooldea native camp (1922-1935); several drafts of “The passing of the Aborigines” with notes used in the preparation of the mss. The bulk of the National Library of Australia’s Daisy Bates collection is the manuscript of her work “The native tribes of Western Australia”, written during her period of service with the Western Australian government from 1904-1912. Many of the drafts have been annotated by A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, a British social anthropologist.

  • Quantity 0 8.68 m
  • Access Available for reference
  • Finding Aid Detailed listing available (MN 1406). Finding aid accompanying National Library of Australia collection on reel 1.

Related entries


  • Primary Creator
    • Bates, Daisy May (1859 - 1951)
  • See also
    • Balbuk, Fanny (1840 - 1907)