Field notebook
Transcription - Page 11
Cathedral
geeburr
Jeeburr
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What were the people all
round the waring from
Geelong past St. Kilda to
Mordialuk. Were they the
Yallukit-Willum? Benbow's
people?
Boundary
between Wadatherung
and Woiwurrung is
the Werribe Yalluk
Werribe River
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.