I usually do not respond to Obit notices but feel moved to add my personal recollections of Chris.

A truly remarkable character and a sad loss.

Chris was a straight talking person with a difficult relationship with the academia which seems to control the collection of material in Oz.

He had/has some truly amazing stuff, a lot of it gathered from the indigenous population.

I feel privileged to have met and spent proper time with the man both at events and in his home.

Hopefully his archive will be properly preserved and safeguarded.