Field notebook
Transcription - Page 7
10. from Yarra mob
12 from Geelong
crow = waa
my father = waa
my mother -= būnjil
my sister = waa
| Bunjil man |
Waa man
only one name
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Eaglehawk - bunjil
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all blacks a
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1. All crows -
2. waa.
3. Bŭnjil
4. Bŭnjil + waa
5. Waa
6. Bunjil
7. Waa
8. Bunjil
9. Waa
10. Bunjil
11. Bunjil
12. Waa
13. Bunjil
14. Bunjil
Document Details
Date
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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 759
Medium
Notebook
Region
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Locality
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Summary
Belonging to A.W. Howitt. Anthropological notes, from front and back of notebook varied content including notes on language, social organisation and customs and legends. Discusses the Yarra Tribe and groups across eastern Victoria. Includes language notes and diagrams, kin terms, names of people along coast and Victorian group associations with localities. Notes on 'eaglehawk and bunjil'. Possibly information from Barak ''My name is Bairuk - grub of gum tree'. Illustrations of weapons and burial practices. Notes from Paterson's 'The History of New South Wales, from Its First Discovery to the Present Time.'
Physical Description
Notebook, black, hard-covered, entries in pencil. Condition: fragile; first section of pages weakly attached. No clasp.