Field notebook

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Transcription - Page 29

stick
to call for Būnan is
called Kalk.--------------
(message stick for the Bora) -

Spear / (gōyŭn) all of
wood- jagged. belongs
to the fighting.
[sketch]

Questions [underlined]
Did they kill & eat children
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Did they burn bodies
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Will he make Kalk for wang Kūm
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Can Wirra-rap see ngarang?
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Does ngarang hurt men
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Is ngarang like Mūrŭp
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What is Kau-wurn that
would catch wang Kūm
if eating porcupine. ---
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Does Mūrup eat
anything ----------------
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goy ūn [on vertical across page]
Can Mūrūp hurt
any body
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Tell me about anyone
seeing Mūrŭp.

Can wirra-rap dream
about people

Name of bag which is carried round
his neck.

Is [word?] for [?]

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Document Details

Date —

Letter From —

Letter To —

Author Howitt, Mr Alfred William

Country Australia

Colony/State —

Holding Institution Museums Victoria

Collection Name Alfred W. Howitt Collection

Registration Number XM 759

Medium Notebook

Region —

Locality —

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.