Field notebook
Transcription - Page 25
(28) Buckley speaks of "ants"
? grubs- are these Yauarng
- if so what are yauarng
p.73
[Line across page]
(29) What is Wambat - in
the Geelong language
Buckley says norngnor.
[Line across page]
(30) Cannibalism -
Killing enemies & roasting
parts of their flesh
[Line across page]
(31) Where is the river
[crossed out - Kaar] Karaaf
River
[next page]
(32) Does William
know a story about
Bunjil making two men
of clay [crossed out - figures], one with straight
hair called Berrookboon
- one with curley hair called
Kookinkerook. -
(33) Look up what Brough
Smyth says about
Bunjil +c -
33A Eating children
Document Details
Date
1901 - 1894
Letter From
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Letter To
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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
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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.