Field notebook
Transcription - Page 54
Bunjil had a
wife - he sent her
to corroboree down
here. At Black
Thursday this was.
It was other side
Ballarat. By and
bye they heard like a
[murrup?] down on the
ground. All blacks said
"who's that". ----------------
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Saml Wilson C E
Hon Exhibitor
Melb University
Assistant Registrarship
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W.H. Cutts MD William St
Rusden
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Queries
Who is the old man
Bŭrin Bŭrin that
his bags of mud -------
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Mr B W Wheatland
Erskin
Wattle tree Road
Malvern
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19 May 1907 [underlined] ---------
to Bairnsdale -----
paid for cart -
punt - 6
J. Norton - 10/-
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.