IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 34
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: MATHEW, John (1849-1929): 'Explanation of some of the Australian class names, the correlation of the classes and the relation between them and the languages'
Date(s): 1925-1926
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 5 items
Name of creator(s): Mathew | John | 1849-1929 | Presbyterian minister and anthropologist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1849; educated at Kidd's school, Aberdeen, and at the Insch Free Church School; migrated to Queensland, Australia, 1864; became familiar with the language and culture of the Kabi and Wakka peoples; gold-digger at Imbil and Ravenswood, 1864-1866; teacher for Queensland Department of Public Instruction at Dalby, 1872-1875, and the Brisbane Normal School, 1875-1876; called to the priesthood; matriculated and graduated from the University of Melbourne (BA, 1884; MA, 1886); inducted to the parish of Ballan,1887; minister at the suburban charge of Coburg, 1889-1923; lifelong interest in Aboriginal ethnography, publishing two books and numerous papers and articles on the subject; died 1929.
Publications: Eaglehawk and Crow (1899)
Two Representative Tribes of Queensland (1910)
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Paper by John Mathew, entitled 'Explanation of some of the Australian class names, the correlation of the classes and the relation between them and the languages', written as a supplement to his article 'The Origin of the Australian Phratries and Explanations of Some of the Phratry Names', published in The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 40, (Jan - Jun, 1910), pp. 164-170. Includes annotated map of Australia; covering letter from Mathew to the Secretary of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 19 Oct 1926 and completed forms from referees recommending the article for publication, 1925-1926.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item
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Conditions governing reproduction:
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Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Sent by Mathew to the RAI, 1926.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Australian Dictionary of National Biography
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2008