Letter to Dr. Wetmore of the Smithsonian Institution |
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Title : | Letter to Dr. Wetmore of the Smithsonian Institution |
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Creator : | Mountford, Charles P. | ||
Source : | PRG 1218/17/8 | ||
Date of creation : | 1948 | ||
Format : | Letter | ||
Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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Description : |
Letter from C.P. Mountford to Dr. Alexander Wetmore, in which he gives an account of the attempt to replace him as Leader of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. 29 July, 1948. This is followed by Dr Wetmore's reply to Mountford. Soon after arriving at Yirrkala the Expedition received an official visit from a party comprising the Administrator of the Northern Territory, Arthur Driver, the acting Director of the Department of Information, Kevin Murphy, and the United States' consul in Adelaide, Elvin Seibert. Mountford and Deputy Leader Frank Setzler were summoned into a tent, where an intense discussion ensued. |
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Related names : | Setzler, Frank M. |
Coverage year : | 1948 |
Region : | Northern Territory |
Further reading : | American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948). Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land, Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1956-1964 |
Internet links : | Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre - Yirrkala Community |