B.S. (Melbourne) to J.G. Frazer, 1911-09-15

 
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File 71 (3)
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Apologies for long failure to write. The loss of Fison and Howitt - Gillen has also become ill and helpless.

B.S. has made an expedition to the Northern Territory, under the auspices of the Common -weath Government. His main findings; The connection of Intichiuma ceremonies with a precarious food supply, A curious totemic system among certain tribes along the Roper river. Beliefs about the sound of the bull-roarer, No trace of anything like belief in a Supreme Being.

'The Commonwealth Government is about to undertake measures for the settlement of the Northern Territory, which means that the Aborigines will very rapidly become 'civilised'.

Plans for another trip to study a tribe in Melville Island.

An interesting analogy between an aboriginal belief and classical mythology, raised by Professor Tucker of Cambridge.

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