Ernest Westlake - Papers [M2413-2414], 1891-1976

M 2413-2414

fonds

1891-1976, Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432834

Microfilm : M 2413-2414

microfilm reels 35 mm

Scientist. In 1908-10 he travelled to Tasmania and made a collection of stone implements which are now in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Select papers of Ernest Westlake including: six notebooks containing stories told by Tasmanians, etc.; letters and notes on Truganini and other Tasmanian Aborigines; correspondence re the Westlake collection of stone implements, 1916-1940; cards with descriptions and drawings of Tasmanian items; correspondence with his children Aubrey and Margaret from Tasmania, 1908-1910 describing voyages, people, scenery, field trips, etc.; notes and cuttings re Tasmanian Aborigines; lists of words and language notes; extracts from "Records relating to Aborigines" in the Government Record Office, Hobart; other correspondence re Tasmanian trips; and biographical notes on Ernest Westlake by Aubrey Westlake, 1976

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2413-2414
Microfilm copy of originals held by Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England
Descriptive list available (3 p)