File F3110 - Notebooks on Saibai and Mer languages

Identity area

Reference code

F3110

Title

Notebooks on Saibai and Mer languages

Date(s)

  • 1946-1958 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

4 notebooks ; 23 cm + 40 leaves inserted.

Context area

Name of creator

(1916-1993)

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 ... »

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

991002138739703131

Millennium Local System Number

b18891366

Libraries Australia ID

21260456

OCLC Number

222660876

Alma MMS ID

991002138739703131

Access points

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.