Biographical entry: Roth, Walter E.
Summary
Reports 1900. Aboriginal Protectors: A report to the Under Secretary, Home Department by W.E. Roth. On the Aboriginals of the Pennefather (Coen) River districts and the other coastal tribes occupying the country between the Batavia and Embly rivers, [visited by the Minister during his last trip], Cooktown, 8 January 1900, sketches, diagrams, map, table of contents, tribal areas, language, photocopy of handwritten reports, bound, two volumes. Reports are as follows:
On the natives of the Lower Tully River, Cooktown, 7 December 1900, pp.104, plus appendix.
The Initiation Ceremony of the Koko-Yimidir speaking Aboriginals (Cooktown and vicinity), 20 June 1899, pp.14.
An account of the Koko-minni Aboriginals occupying the country drained by the (middle) Palmer River, Cooktown, 12 May 1899, pp.30.
[A Report to the Commissioner of Police] on the Aboriginals occupying the 'Hinterland' of Princess Charlotte Bay, Cooktown, 30 December 1898, pp.81.
Some Ethnological notes on the Atherton Blacks, October 1898, pp.17.
Some of the Plants of Economic Value, December 1898, pp.28.
The Aborigines of the Rockhampton and Surrounding Coastal Districts, [also telegrams inserted]. Cooktown, 6 July 1898, pp.78. NQ.301.299438 ROT