Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1946-1958 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
4 notebooks ; 23 cm + 40 leaves inserted.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert 'Bob' Victor Miles was a teacher who worked in the Queensland Department of Native Affairs between 1946 and 1958. He took up the position of Relieving Teacher in the Torres Strait Islands and was keen to learn their language and encouraged the ... »
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Four handwritten notebooks by R.V. Miles with the titles: Mer vocab; Mer grammar; Saibai language vocab; Saibai language grammar. Undated; dates assumed to be from time Miles was a teacher in the Torres Strait Islands.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
In copyright.
Language of material
- Australian Language
- English
Language and script notes
Text in Meriam Mir, Kalaw Kawaw Ya and English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
All volumes are fragile; three volumes have part or the whole cover coming away.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
Libraries Australia ID
OCLC Number
Alma MMS ID
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Description control area
Status
Revised
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 21-Nov-2024.
Revised, Linda Justo, 24-Nov-2022.
Revised, SJB, 23-Nov-2022.
Revised, Linda Justo, 22-Sep-2022.
Revised, FF, 04-Apr-2021.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.