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- 1940-1949 (Creation)
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30 leaves ; 26 cm.
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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.
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Previously catalogued in the Fryer Library general collection: DU98.1 .M47 194-
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Scope and content
Personal recount of the first recorded contacts between white European explorers, including Willem Janszoon and Captain James Cook, with Aboriginal Australians in an area referred to as Boonjie, possibly located on the Atherton Tableland in North Queensland. Original typescript.
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Unrestricted access.
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In copyright. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- English
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Contains Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander language/language words.
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Revised
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Partial
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised following cultural assessment, Kymberley Bax, 29-Apr-2024. Created, Kymberley Bax, 15-Mar-2024.