Field notebook

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Transcription - Page 27

Larry [??] says
that the Big fellow is called
Kurnaitalŭng or Kurnai manjettet
or mungan. The "gama" an
[unable to read this line] Mŭk Kŭrnai
[?make?] them first. He is also called
Mŭk gweraeil Kŭrnai.

gūndarūng - [?back way?]
Darrat - bay

[?withdrawn?] + sick
Billy McLeod, Lamby, Billy Clark, [two to three names here too faint to read] Larry
Jimmy Fidgett, King Charley, [??], [??]. Big Joe, [??], [?Tommy ??]
Toby, [??] [??] [??]

[?Rani?]
Prince, Johnny + Charly Rivers, Andrew
Roderick, Johnny Cooper

Whose lang is this - Wūthana-darat mingie?
more - ngathalū
what [?lang?] name is from Wathuna magin ngu?
what [written under Wathuna] for [written under magin]

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[?Bŭlnjai-gartba?] I want to cry
nūkun what for
Ngalli [diaka - crossed out] [?meat?]
yuathi diakatta - give me some meat
give

yuguatia ngai

[Sketch takes up rest of page]

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Document Details

Date —
Letter From —
Letter To —
Author Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Country Australia
Colony/State Victoria
Holding Institution Museums Victoria
Collection Name Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number XM 761
Medium Notebook
Region —
Locality —
Summary Belonging to A.W. Howitt. Anthropological notes, from front and back of a notebook. Diverse notes, charts, lists and tables. Includes a list of names of people receiving rations. Various legends and customs. The notebook includes notes relating to the Yuin near Bega, as well as Western Victoria, the Wotjobaluk (Wergaia) and Bunganditj but also the Kamilaroi and the Wiradjuri. Also includes information on Bobby Wartwul, Charley Bega, William Benson and other Aboriginal informants. Includes information on the Wiradjuri - their barter system, marriage rules, power of medicine man; list of 22 words with English equivalents, 35 family names; Kamilaroi •À_ family names, genealogy of Bobby Wartwul, marriage rules, elopement, belief in Daramulan; tooth avulsion rite, sketch of a camp, methods of burial described, legend about the origin of Aurora Australia; wordlists in Kamilaroi and Wirdajuri with English equivalents.
Physical Description Notebook, black, hard-covered, undated. Entries in pencil and ink. 120 sheets, 205 pages. Condition: extremely fragile; broken metal clasp; binding coming apart; loose pages; cover is badly worn with sections missing along the spine.