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Diary of a trip in Central Australia by Ernest Kramer [PRG 1322/1/22] • Manuscript

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Summary

Manuscript notes about a trip by Ernest Kramer between 20 May and 2 July 1931 out west of Alice Springs, with party of 5 Aboriginal men, 8 camels and 4 donkeys. Places visited included Glen Helen Station, Haast Bluff, Mount Liebig, Mount Davenport, Mount Russell, Mount Lyell Brown and Mount Peculiar, and Hermannsburg Mission. The diary includes the Aboriginal names of these places visited, details of the tracking ability of the men, and meetings with isolated Aboriginal family groups. (Another European, Pastor Friedrich Albrecht, became seriously ill at beginning of the trip and had to be taken back.) Sketches in ink and pencil by Kramer show notable mountain ranges. (29 pages).

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Physical description

Manuscript
handwritten
0.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1931

Creator

Kramer (Family

Subject

Kramer, Ernest E. (Ernest Eugene), 1889-1958
Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission Station
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Central

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Local notes

Contains Aboriginal content

Digitisation information

Date

29/05/2019

Format

image/tiff

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4,085 x 5,102 pixels (20.8 MP)

Size

62.55 MB

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