Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951

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Daisy May Bates was a social worker and anthropologist who lived with the Aborigines for more than thirty years and wrote about their language and customs.

From the description of Letters. 1901-1951. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225689638

Social worker among the Australian Aborigines. Author of The Passing of the Aborigines (1938).

From the description of Letters. 1918-1946. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225766793

Daisy Bates was social worker among the Australian Aborigines and was author of The passing of the Aborigines, 1938.

From the description of Letters to John Mathew. ca. 1905-1913. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222927383

Daisy May Bates was a social worker and anthropologist who lived with Aboriginal people for more than thirty years and wrote about their language and customs.

From the description of Correspondence of Daisy Bates, 1941, 1943 [manuscript]. 1941, 1943. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223759147

The drawing book was presented in 1907 to Sir Frederick Bedford, Govenor of Western Australia (1903-1909) by Daisy Bates, social worker and anthropologist who lived with the Aborigines for more than thirty years and wrote about their language and customs.

From the description of Papers, 1907 [manuscript]. 1907. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 756832433

Daisy May Bates, whose birthdate has only recently been verified by research in Ireland (it was previously believed to be 1863) was a social worker and anthropologist who lived with the Aborigines for more than thirty years and wrote about their language and customs.

From the description of Papers of Daisy Bates. 1900-1940. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225712199

In 1938 this was edited and published as : The passing of the aborigines.

From the description of My natives and I [manuscript] : life story of Daisy M. Bates. [1936] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 504703690

Anthropologist and social worker who lived with the Aborigines in South Australia and Western Australia for more than thirty years and wrote about their language and customs.

From the description of Papers. 1907-1940. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222113645

Anthropologist.

Daisy May Bates was born on 16 October 1863 in Tipperary, Ireland, the daughter of James Edward O'Dwyer and Marguarette Hunt. Raised in England, she migrated to Australia in 1884 and lived briefly in Townsville before obtaining employment as a governess at Berry, N.S.W. In 1884 she met and married Edwin ("Breaker") Morant. On February 1885 she (probably bigamously) married Jack Bates, a cattleman, and they had a son Arnold in 1896. For five years from 1894, Bates lived in London working as a journalist on the Review of Reviews. Bates returned to Australia in 1899, investigating ill-treatment of Aborigines for the London Times. Bates's first contact with Aboriginal people was at the Trappist mission at Beagle Bay, north of Broome. In 1901 she temporarily rejoined her husband on the cattle station at Roebuck Plains, where tribes from the Broome district were camped. She began collecting vocabularies and observed sacred and ritual life. In 1904, Bates was appointed by the Western Australian Government to research the tribes of the State. Bates concentrated at first on the Bibbulmun tribe of the Maamba reserve in the south west where she recorded data on language, myth, religion and kinship. By 1910, Bates had completed a substantial manuscript on the Aborigines. Its publication was delayed by the arrival of an expedition led by A.R. Radcliffe-Brown to study the social anthropology of Aborigines of the north-west. Bates became interested in Aboriginal welfare after observing the fate of Aborigines exiled on the islands of Bernier and Dorre. In 1912 she camped at Eucla (S.A.) amongst the remnants of the Mirning tribe on the southern fringe of the Nullarbor Plain and in 1914 attended meetings of the anthropological section of the British Association for the advancement of Science. In 1915 she returned to the Mirning's area, near Yalata. In 1918 she moved to Ooldea (S.A.) where she continued her welfare work. She was appointed C.B.E. in 1934. Throughout her life, Bates wrote numerous newspapers articles on Aboriginal life and was able to influence government in improving conditions for Aboriginal people. Her autobiography, The passing of the Aborigines, was published in 1938. In 1945 Bates moved to Adelaide where she later died at Prospect on 18 April 1951.000000000000000.

From the description of [Papers]. 1900-1947. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224031271

Daisy Bates lived from 1912 to 1945 amongst the Aboriginal peoples of South Australia, firstly at Eucla on the edge of the Nullabor Plain, and then at Ooldea. Initially her interest in Aboriginal people was anthropological, and she was appointed by the Western Australian government from 1904 to 1912 to research the tribes of the state. But this interest broadened to a concern for the welfare of the peoples with whom she lived, and she wrote many articles about them. Some of her views were very controversial.

From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan. 1928. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224473156

From the description of Letter, 1928 Dec. 12 [manuscript] : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan. 1928. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 62539075

From the description of Letter, 1928 Nov. 10 [manuscript] : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan. 1928. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 62539072

From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan. 1928. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224473095

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creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1863-1951. Letter [manuscript] : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1863-1951. Letter, 1928 Nov. 10 [manuscript] : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan. University of Queensland, UQ Library
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Papers. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939. Two great women [manuscript] : [a biography of Margaret Sanger and Daisey Bates] / [by Ellis Havelock]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Native vocabularies - Peak Hill area. Libraries Australia
referencedIn [Bates, Daisy : photography related ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918. Papers - correspondence, diary and working notes, 1893- 1918 / typescript copies, with annotations by A.P. Elkin, and holograph letters from C. Strehlow to Mathews and from Mathews to Freiherr M. von Leonhardi. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Papers [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. [Papers]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Native vocabulary of Warngun and Yalladnoolgu, North West of Peak Hill / compiled by Wajida. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1863-1951. Letter, 1928 Dec. 12 [manuscript] : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan. University of Queensland, UQ Library
referencedIn Phillips, Janet M. (Janet Marion), 1939-. Daisy Bates [manuscript], 1971 / talk by Janet Robertson, 5CL, 10.30am-10.45am. Sunday, 4th April, 1971. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Papers of Daisy Bates. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Papers. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Songs, dances, etc. - Corroborees and songs, Murchison. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1863-1951. Letter [manuscript] : Ooldea, to Phoebe Kirwan. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Papers [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Native vocabularies - Central districts / Comp. by Ibari of Kallain, Warrinya, etc. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Correspondence of Daisy Bates, 1941, 1943 [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Letters. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Neville, A. O. (Auber Octavius), 1875-1954. Papers. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. My natives and I [manuscript] : life story of Daisy M. Bates. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Letters [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn O'Broin, Leon. Letter : Dublin, to Rev. Thomas Leen, Mascot, N.S.W. [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Letters. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Hurst, William Peter, b. 1873. Papers [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Salter, Elizabeth, 1918-1981. Papers [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Tribal organisation and geographical distribution. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Waterholes of Ooldea district. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Witcombe, Eleanor, 1923-. Papers of Eleanor Witcombe, 1941-1987. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Letters to John Mathew. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Hill, Ernestine, 1899-1972. Typescripts and photographs [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Kerr-Pearse, Elizabeth. Letters and diary [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Papers of Daisy May Bates, [?1939-1945] The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Letters. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951. Papers, 1907 [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
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associatedWith Australia. Dept. of the Interior. corporateBody
correspondedWith Bedford, F. G. D. (Frederick George Denham) person
associatedWith Billingee. person
correspondedWith Bradfield, Arthur H. person
associatedWith Coyne, Cynthia. person
associatedWith Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939. person
correspondedWith Fairbairn, Ainslie person
correspondedWith Fairbairn, Robert, 1841-1922 person
correspondedWith Foll, Hattil Spencer person
associatedWith Hill, Ernestine, 1899-1972. person
correspondedWith Hurst, William Peter, b. 1873 person
correspondedWith Keane, R. V. (Richard Valentine), 1882-1946 person
associatedWith Kerr-Pearse, Elizabeth. person
associatedWith Kirwan, Phoebe. person
associatedWith Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912. person
correspondedWith Mathew, John. person
associatedWith Mathew, John Rev. person
associatedWith Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918. person
associatedWith Neville, A. O. (Auber Octavius), 1875-1954. person
associatedWith O'Broin, Leon. person
associatedWith Phillips, Janet M. (Janet Marion), 1939- person
associatedWith Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (Alfred Reginald), 1881-1955. person
associatedWith Salter, Elizabeth, 1918-1981. person
associatedWith Witcombe, Eleanor, 1923- person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Australia
Australia--Western Australia
Australia
Fortescue River (WA Pilbara SF50)
Australia--Western Australia
Australia
Southern Cross (SW WA SH50-16)
Eucla (W.A.)
Australia
Ooldea (Far West SA SH52-12)
Western Australia--Broome Region
Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50)
Australia
Eucla (SE WA Nullarbor SH52-14)
Australia--South Australia
South Australia - Far West (SA SH52, SI52)
Australia--Western Australia
Australia--Western Australia
Harding River (WA West Pilbara SF50-03, SF50-07)
Peak Hill (WA Gascoyne / Murchison SG50-08)
Australia--South Australia
Wynbring (S. Aust.)
Lake Way (Little Sandy Desert WA SG51-09)
Gascoyne River (WA South Pilbara SG50)
Norseman (SE WA Goldfields SI51-02)
South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
Ashburton River (WA Pilbara SF50)
Western Australia (WA)
Australia
Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50)
Streaky Bay (S. Aust.)
Esperance (SE WA SI51-06)
Australia
Western Australia
Australia--Western Australia
Murchison River (WA South Pilbara SG50)
Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
Western Australia - Central Australia (WA SE52, SF52, SG52)
Australia
South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
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Religion
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians
Animals
Animals
Animals
Anthropologists
Anthropologists
Anthropology
Australian languages
Banjima people (A53) (WA SF50-11)
Bardi people (K15) (WA SE51-02)
Bibbulman people (W1) (WA SI50-10)
Bidungu language (A40) (WA SF50-04)
Bidungu people (A40) (WA SF50-04)
Bunuba / Punuba people (K5) (WA SE51-08)
Cannibalism
Ceremonies
Daily life
Dance
Dargudi people (A56) (WA SG51-09)
Death
Djalgandi people (A26) (WA SG51-15)
Drawing, Aboriginal Australian
Ethnologists
Families
Geography
Gooniyandi / Gunian people (K6) (WA SE52-09)
Gurduwanga people (A24) (WA SG50-07)
Hunting
Ibarga people (A59) (WA SF51-10)
Initiation
Jaru / Djaru people (K12) (WA SE52-10)
Jawi / Djawi people (K16) (WA SE51-03)
Jiwarli / Djiwarli people (W28) (WA SE50-14)
Jurruru / Djurruru people (W33) (WA SF50-15)
Karajarri people (A64) (WA SE51-10)
Kariyarra people (W39) (WA SF50-10)
Kartujarra people (A51) (WA SF51-14)
Kija / Gidja people (K20) (WA SE52-06)
Kokatha language (C3) (SA SH53-06)
Kokatha people (C3) (SA SH53-06)
Kurrama people (W36) (WA SF50-11)
Language
Language
Language
Language
Language
Language
Language
Madoidja language (A41) (WA SG51-05)
Madoidja people (A41) (WA SG51-05)
Martuthunira people (W35) (WA SF50-06)
Maya people (W20) (WA SG49-04)
Minang people (W2) (WA SI50-11)
Mirning people (A9) (WA SH52-14)
Mudalga language (A27) (WA SG51-15)
Mudalga people (A27) (WA SG51-15)
Mulyara language (A18) (WA SG50-10)
Mulyara people (A18) (WA SG50-10)
Music
Ngalia / Ngalea language (C2) (SA SH52-07)
Ngalia / Ngalea people (C2) (SA SH52-07)
Ngarluma people (W38) (WA SF50-07)
Nhanta / Nhanda people (W14) (WA SG50-13)
Nhuwala people (W30) (WA SF50-06)
Nyamal people (A58) (WA SF51-05)
Nyangumarta / Nyangumarda people (A61) (WA SF51-10)
Nyulnyul / Nyul Nyul people (K13) (WA SE51-02)
Palyku people (A55) (WA SF51-09)
Payungu people (W23) (WA SF50-13)
Pinikura people (W34) (WA SF50-10)
Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
Purduna people (W24) (WA SF50-13)
Social organisation
Social workers
Social workers
Stories and motifs
Technology
Thalanyji people (W26) (WA SF50-09)
Tharrkari / Tharrgari people (W21) (WA SF50-13)
Thiin people (W25) (WA SF50-13)
Transport
Wajarri / Watjarri language (A39) (WA SG50-7, SG50-11)
Wajarri / Watjarri people (A39) (WA SG50-7, SG50-11)
Wangkatha / Wongatha / Wangkathaa language (A12) (WA SH52-05)
Wardal language (A19) (WA SG50-15)
Wardal people (A19) (WA SG50-15)
Wardandi people (W3) (WA SI50-06)
Waringari people (A63) (WA SF52-02)
Warriyangka / Warriyangga people (W22) (WA SG50-02)
Warrwa / Warwa people (K10) (WA SE51-07)
Watjanti people (W13) (WA SG50-13)
Wawula people (A29) (WA SG51-05)
Weapons, Aboriginal Australian
Wirdinya people (A49) (WA SF51-13)
Yankunytjatjara people (C4) (NT SG52-16)
Yindjibarndi people (W37) (WA SF50-07)
Yinggarda people (W19) (WA SF50-13)
Yinhawangka / Innawonga people (A48) (WA SF50-04)
Occupation
Anthropologists
Journalists
Social workers
Activity

Person

Birth 1859-10-16

Death 1951-04-18

Birth 1863

Death 1951

Death 1951

Iranians

English

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