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- 1946-1958 (Creation)
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4 notebooks ; 23 cm + 40 leaves inserted.
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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 children to use their own language in class. He resigned from teaching in 1958 and married Joan Froome. He accepted a position in the Fiji Education Department and remained there until he retired.
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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.
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Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
In copyright.
Language of material
- Australian Language
- English
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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.
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Revised
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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.