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Biographical entry Roth, Walter Edmund (1861 - 1933)

Born
2 April 1861
London, England
Died
5 April 1933
Georgetown, British Guiana
Occupation
Ethnologist and Physician

Summary

Walter Edmund Roth was appointed the first Northern Protector of Aborigines 1898 and was based in Cooktown Queensland. In 1904-06 he was Chief Protector and part of his duties was to record Aboriginal cultures. He published widely and became internationally known for his work.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Walter Edmund Roth - Records, 1905 - 1912, ML MSS 1131; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Walter Edmund Roth - Records, 1899, Uncatalogued MSS SET 216; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Walter Edmund Roth - Records, 1901 - 1910, ML MSS 43; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Private hands (Reynolds, B.)

  • Walter Edmund Roth - Records, 1861 - 1933; Private hands (Reynolds, B.). Details

Queensland State Archives

  • Walter Edmund Roth - Records, 1898 - 1907; Queensland State Archives. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Walter Edmund Roth - Records, 1901, MS 8721; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
  • Walter Edmund Roth - Records, 1901, MS 8722; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • McDougall, Russell, 'Walter and Henry Ling Roth: "On the Significance of Couvade": the Place of Australia and British Guiana in the Fin de Siècle Debate Concerning the History of Humanity', in McDougall, Russell (ed.), To the Islands: Australia and the Caribbean, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2002, pp. 61-67. Details
  • Reynolds, Barrie, 'Roth, Walter Edmund (1861-1933), Physician, Anthropologist and Protector of Aborigines', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 463-464. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110471b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Pearn, J., 'Acacias and Aesulapius: Walter Edmond Roth, 1861-1933', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 161, no. 3, 1994, p. 216. Details

Online Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 August 2006