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Milerum (1869? - 1941)
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Ethnologist
Born: 1869?  Jungurumbar, South Australia, Australia.  Died: 21 February 1941  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Milerum was a one of South Australia's top blade shearers during the early 1900s. It was during the 1930s that he became interested in the anthropology of his people and began making recordings of many aboriginal languages, songs and stories. Milerum also made baskets and wooden weapons which were collected by museums around the world.
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Alternative Names: Long, Clarence (Also known as)

Chronology
1914Champion blade shearer of the South-East of South Australia
1931Lived at Point McLeay mission on Lake Alexandrina

 
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Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 3 August 2005
Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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