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Title
John Francis Huon Mitchell papers, 1903-1923
Creator
J. F. H. (John Francis Huon) Mitchell, 1831-1923
Call number
A 1671
Level of description
fonds
Date

1903-1923
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
950422
Issue Copy
Microfilm : Microfilm : CY 681, frames 1 - 339
Digitised
Physical Description
1 volume of textual material, includes photographs - manuscript, typescript, photographs (621 pages) :
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

John F.H. Mitchell was a pastoralist, whose French grandfather Gabriel Marie Louis Huon de Kerilleau settled in Australia with his wife Louisa, arriving with the 102nd Regiment on the Second Fleet. He had fled to England following the fall of the Bourbons, and it was later discovered that he was member of the French royal family. Huon's only daughter married Captain Thomas Mitchell with whom she had four sons including John F.H. Mitchell. Following Captain Mitchell's death his widow moved to the Murray River with her children. As a lad John F.H. Mitchell mixed with the Waradgery, a Murray River tribe, and acquired a knowledge of their language. Later in life he resided at 'Ravenshoe', Ravenswood, Victoria.

Reference:
Obituraries Australia http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/mitchell-john-francis-huon-734
Scope and Content
Includes:
Mitchell family genealogy with photographs of John F.H. Mitchell, his mother and three brothers, and photographs of 'Brisbane Meadows', near Goulburn (built 1814;
Various memoirs, reminiscences, recollections and stories by Mitchell, many of which contain items of Aboriginal vocabulary;
Names of places and how pronounced, with meanings;
Aboriginal expletives, oaths and imprecations;
Woradgery or Weri-Weri tribal names, male and female;
Photographs of Aboriginal men;
Woradgery weapons;
Correspondence;
Extracts from newspapers;
Notes on Australian timber and trees;
Copy of a letter in Woradgery with English translation;
Poems.
Language
Australian languages, Wiradjuri language D10
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Description source

Information transferred from Short Catalogue (typed) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
General note

Wiradjuri language (D10) (NSW SI55-07)
(accessed February 2014)
Subject
Aboriginal Australians--Poetry.
Aboriginal Australians--Folklore.
Rediscovering Indigenous Languages Project, 2011-
Aboriginal Australians--Names.
Aboriginal Australians--Languages--Vocabulary.
Aboriginal Australians--Victoria--Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians--Victoria--Languages.
Australian languages--Victoria--Vocabulary.
Exhibited in

Living Language: Country, Culture, Community
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