Field notebook
Transcription - Page 10
Ning-qualavel
Captain Turnbull
Macedon What name as
a blackfellow
[line drawn to] When Bengerim - sit down
waang
Jūra-[crossed out wa]wite --------
Kawern
Porcupine
Melbourne
Bolok-willam
Flat ground Flemington Flat
West Melb
swamp
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[the top of the scan shows some words torn from another page]
urunjeri
woorungeri blacks
Wūrunjeri [underlined]
St Kilda [underlined]
Yourŭk
Stony
here the coast
warien is the sea
which extends [from - crossed out]
[Geelong-crossed out]
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.