• Title
  John Francis Huon Mitchell Aboriginal ABC, ca. 1900s
• Creator
  J. F. H. (John Francis Huon) Mitchell, 1831-1923
• Call number
  A 3052
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1900s
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  1102870
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 2355
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.2 metres of textual material & drawings (1 volume - 22 pages) : ; 37 x 26 cm
  
• 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:
  Sydney Morning Herald, 3 April 1923
  Obituaries Australia obituary/mitchell-john-francis-huon-734
• Scope and Content
  Title page: 'Aboriginal ABC: compiled by a Native of New South Wales / J.F.H. Mitchell, Ravenswood ; illustrated by his daughter.
  Each page contains two letters of the alphabet with associated watercolour illustrations. Explanatory notes at end.
• Language
  Australian languages
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: No publication without prior written approval of copyright holder
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Manuscripts Index Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2013-2014
• Subject
  Wiradjuri (Australian people)
  Wiradjuri language
  Wiradjuri language D10
  Aboriginal Australians--Poetry.
  Aboriginal Australians--Dictionaries.
  Rediscovering Indigenous Languages Project, 2011-
  Aboriginal Australians--Languages--Vocabulary.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE5632787

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