Field notebook
Transcription - Page 27
Kangi mŭrrŭmbik!
Indara ngarrūngŭn
mŭn ngŭrlin nūnnŭn
thŭm bŭn - murrumbik
Koyū-it wanthŭn narra,
murrumbik
[sketch]
The child come from
the man and the
woman is only like
a nurse.
Murrumbik = [me]
[next page]
Indara ngarrūgŭn
listen = [language crossed out]
Why don't you listen to
this now--------------
Little finger - Būbūpi mŭrnong
next - Būlūto ravel
a little bit bigger
next Būlūto bigger
forefinger Ūrnūng mellŭk
Ūrnūng = direction
mellŭk = grub
[babun ['j' crossed out] ngye mŭrninje
mother of hand
wrist - [krauail crossed out]
Kra-well
ngŭrŭmbūl = fork of vein
in fore arm
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.