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Names

Name PrimaryPeter Melville Rice (AA 267)

IDs

ID LocalAA 267

ID Urihttp://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/archives/collections

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionThe South Australian Museum Archive collection comprises: narrative and singing recorded at Musgrave Park, South Australia, 1963; photographs taken by Peter Melville Rice including photographs of Tommy Dodd; and maps hand drawn by Tommy Dodd.

Full DescriptionPeter Melville Rice was born on 30 December 1928, Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia. Peter Melville Rice attended the University of Adelaide from 1960 to 1963 after completing 13 years service in the Royal Australia Navy. Upon completion of a degree in social sciences, Rice accepted a position with the South Australian Department of Aboriginal Affairs (SADAA) as a Welfare Officer working with Australian Aboriginal people in and around Adelaide as well as the mid-North of South Australia. During that time Rice recorded events with the Pitjantjatjara people as well as assessing their health and socioeconomic conditions. Rice's service with SADAA concluded in 1966 when he accepted a position with the then Commonwealth Department of Immigration firstly in Adelaide and then in Canberra developing migrant settlement services on a national basis.

RightsThe Museum Board of South Australia

AccessFor all South Australian Museum Archive and Australian Aboriginal Family History requests please contact the Archives Collection Manager or Aboriginal Family History Officer by post, fax or email with relevant research and contact details. Once your request has been received, you will be contacted to discuss the procedures required to process your application and make arrangements to view the collection items. Access to the South Australian Museum Archives and Reading Room must be organised a minimum of two weeks in advance, as access is by appointment only.

Subjects

aptAboriginal culture; Aboriginal peoples (Australians)

scotAboriginal languages; Aboriginal music; Aboriginal peoples; Maps; Narration; Photography; Storytelling

localClothing; Cooking; House building; Pitjantjatjara people; Seed grinding; Spearmaking; Spinning; Welfare Officer; Wiltja

pontMaps; Photographs; Sound recordings

person_orgPeter Melville Rice; South Australian Department of Aboriginal Affairs (SADAA); Tommy Dodd

Coverage Spatial

TextNorth Adelaide, South Australia; Musgrave Park, South Australia

Coverage Temporal

From1960

To1969

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 18:04