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Papers of Derek Freeman The Library Director's permission is required to access the correspondence in Item 1b [Access code A2 B1]. The material in the rest of the collection is available to be read. Published material may be copied in accordance with copyright conditions for private study and research. For unpublished material the author's permission is required for copying. [Access code: R1 C1b C3] Date range: 1954-1974 Extent: 18 cm (1 box) Professor Derek Freeman deposited the papers in the Library in 1986. The small collection consists mainly of photocopied articles and sections from books. There are also notes about Aborigines, in particular from South East Australia, a paper by W.P. Bluett on Aborigines of the Canberra District, a small file on the Wunambal, Ngarinyin and Worrorra people and small files on the boab tree and the West Kimberley. For a complete listing of the Freeman material held by the Institute see Mura® online catalogue. John Derek Freeman was born in Wellington on 16 August 1916 and died in July 2001. The major part of his career was spent at the Australian National University where he was appointed as a Senior Fellow in the Research School of Pacific Studies in February 1955 and from where he retired as a Professor and Head of Department in 1982. An anthropologist, he undertook research initially in Samoa and later carried out extensive ethnographic work with the Iban in Sarawak. In the early 1970s he became involved with Aboriginal communities in the Kimberleys and was a public advocate for Aboriginal rights Reference: ANU reporter, vol. 32, no.10, Friday 20 July 2001
Finding Aid compiled by J. Churches, November, 2002 |