List of blankets, reporting names of families and individuals

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Number of Blankets served out to Aboriginal people at Bathurst, 1867-1888.
Description: 

Original title 'Number of Blankets served out to Aborigines at Bathurst, 1867-1888.'

Governor Macquarie initiated the distribution of blankets to Aboriginal people at the first Parramatta Feast in December 1814. These blankets were to replace the traditional animal skin cloaks usually worn. To account for expenditure, Government officials created what are called "Blanket lists" which often included details of people's English name, Native name, probably age, number of wives, children, Tribe, and district of usual resort (Indigenous Services Librarian, Mitchell Library, 2005).

Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D15244/a1344.html.

The full catalogue record is online at http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110327766.

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Location Description: 

Bathurst NSW 2795, Australia. 

Community: 
State Library of NSW
Protocol: 
State Library of NSW - Open Protocol
Category: 
Mob, Church & State
Keywords: 
blankets, Governor Macquarie
Collections: 
Blanket lists
Original Date Description: 
1867-1888
Creator: 
Name of Ancestors not recorded
Contributor: 
Government officials
Language: 
English
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Source: 
Number of Blankets served out to Aborigines at Bathurst, 1867-1888
Identifier: 
IE3317217
Type: 
Manuscript
Format: 
JPEG