Legends and origins
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Document Details
Date
1908 - 1880
Letter From
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Letter To
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Author
Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Country
Australia
Colony/State
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Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 536
Medium
Notes
Region
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Locality
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Summary
Creation stories of the Tongaranka, New South Wales. A.W. Howitt notes that the Tongaranka believe that their origin is from the winds: Mukwara (north wind); Kilpara (south wind); Tawara (hot wind); Koliarta (wet rainy wind).
Physical Description
Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. Two sheets, two pages. Numbered 15 & 16. Condition: light foxing.
