Field notebook

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(12) Native name of: Ningūlabŭl
or nūng-qua-la-vol?
meaning? [underlined]

Capt. Turnbull?
Which were the boundaries of the
Kūrnŭng willum tribe? of which he
was the head man. Were they woewurŭng?
* native name of Benbow
see (19)
[ditto] [ditto] De Viliers
* meaning of "Yalūkŭt"-wilum

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(13) What was the tribe called
at coast at St Kilda
- the Yalūkūt-wilum -
were they Būnoorong?
"yes sea ante-already around

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(14) Were the gal-gal-balluk
part of the Jajowurung?

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(15) Which was the native name
of their ngŭrŭngaeta
King Bobbby?
Native name of Malcolm of the
Kri-balluk - Mt Blackwood

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(16) Do they know the Bangerang
or Banjerang?
half Kulin - Bunjil and Waang

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(17) Harry [??]?
or Stevens from Echuca
do they know him?

(18) Who was Bilibilery's father
who was of burned instead of being buried- why?

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(19) If Turnbull was Kūrnŭng willŭm
and not Woeworung - how did
he come to have charge of the quarry
[??] for all the Woeworung?
- Did he speak Woeworung?

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Document Details

Date 1901 - 1894

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 765

Medium Notebook

Region —

Locality —

Summary Belonging to A.W. Howitt. Entries in both front and back of notebook, which are predominantly anthropological but some survey notes are included. Notebook contains excellent information on Victorian placenames obtained from unnamed informants (possibly Captain Turnbull aka •À_Nungilabua•À_, Captain Harrison, Dick Richards and William Barak) at Coranderrk on 23/6/1900. There are also notes taken 'to Nerim 9 Feby 1901 on natural science.

Physical Description Notebook, small blue leather-bound, with metal clasp. Entries in ink. 55 sheets, 69 pages. Condition: extremely fragile; loose spine and pages.