Field notebook

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Transcription - Page 52

in the water - the
old man going along
did not see them
and split himself
on the razors.

Bunjil said no old
man must do anything
to the children after.
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Once Bunjil said
some boys said
we will go away. The
boys went with him
One little boy said
I have forgot my things
I must go back over the
gully. Bŭnjil said
all right I have -

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left some bags there
you can burst them
The little boy did
not know any better
so he burst the bags
and the water ran
out off of all [the- crossed out] over the
country. The little boy
could not find a
dry place to camp
and ran about
everywhere]. Bunjil
felt by and bye very sorry.
Poor fellow - the water
will hurt his legs - he
is thin - he cannot
get any thing to
eat. Bunjil gets
a big sandstone
and stopped the

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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.