Kamilaroi tribe
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Document Details
Date
1904 - 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 538
Medium
Notes
Region
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Locality
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Summary
Content regarding Kamilaroi group, New South Wales. Detailed notes compiled by A.W. Howitt based on information from Mr C. Naseby as per Mr J. Fraser. Howitt's notes are annotated [in Fraser's or Naseby's ?] hand throughout. Topics include - boundaries, headmen, marriage, betrothal, ghosts, Bora, birth, magic, vocabulary. One sheet is a table of Kamilaroi vocabulary. Information reproduced in Howitt's 'Native Tribes of South-East Australia', 1904. See pages 203-4, 205-7, 208, 302, 362-3, 466-7, 494, 593-5, and 687-9.
Physical Description
Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. 24 foolscap sheets, 25 pages. Annotations in another hand. Cover sheet/ index and sections of text 'struck through' by A.W. Howitt in red pencil. Condition: some staining; edges of some pages slightly tattered.
