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Diary and other items belonging to W.A. Crowder [D 8065/8/8(L)] • Mixed material

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Summary

'Swagger stick', lightweight carved in one piece, with the shaft and handle delineated by a small decorative 'knot'and a snake curling up the shaft. The handle section features six rope-like strands loosely spiralling up to the handle knob, which is carved in the shape of a turban or 'knot'. May have been made by a seaman, but was the possession of W.A. Crowder who mentioned it in his diary. Length 66 cm. Width at widest point (the end handle knot) 3.5 cm. Width at bottom 0.7 cm. Photographic copy only available for reference.

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This image depicts Australian Aboriginal people or aspects of their culture.

Conditions of use

Physical description

Manuscript;
mixed realia
10 cm

Dates / Publication details

1871-1872

Creator

Crowder, William Alfred

Subject

Crowder, William Alfred, 1854-1891 -- Diaries
Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.)

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Local notes

Contains Aboriginal content

Historical information

William Alfred Crowder was born in South Australia on 3 January 1854, the son of Nathaniel and Emily (nee Hayward) Crowder. He married Isabella Brown McCallum on 25 July 1878 with whom he had four children - William, Margaret, George and Mima. He died on 26 August 1891 aged 37 years.

Digitisation information

Date

26/04/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,733 x 2,128 pixels (5.8 MP)

Size

17.47 MB

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