Item F3878 - Boonjie : a romance of a lost tribe of Australian Aborigines, a North Queensland story

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased, including an image of a mummified corpse (between pp. 66-67). It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.

Identity area

Reference code

F3878

Title

Boonjie : a romance of a lost tribe of Australian Aborigines, a North Queensland story

Date(s)

  • 1940 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

137 leaves : black and white photographs ; 26 cm.

Context area

Name of creator

(1876-1959)

Biographical history

Percival Raymond Fortescue Meredith was born in New Zealand and enlisted as private in the Australian Imperial Forces in 1916. Married Sarah Margaret Felecia Walmsley in 1936. Died on the 25 June 1959.

Archival history

Previously catalogued in the Fryer Library general collection: PR8242.E75 B6 1940

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Fictional story about Aboriginal Australians set in North Queensland. Two copies are carbon copy typescript and one is original typescript. Six black and white photographic prints pasted throughout the story. Four leaves of glossary at the end with ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

In copyright. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.

Language of material

  • Australian Language
  • English

Language and script notes

Contains Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander language/language words. Contains some words in Ngadjon language.

Notes area

Note

Published serially in The steering wheel and Society and home, from May, 1940.

Alternative identifier(s)

Invalid MMS ID

991009931399703131

Former call number

PR8242.E75 B6 1940

Alma MMS ID

991014538781803131

Access points

Description control area

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, Kymberley Bax, 29-Apr-2024. Created, Kymberley Bax, 14-Mar-2024.