Field notebook
Transcription - Page 14
ngár-go-Parliament House
[??] [??]
[Nargo - Fitzroy = High Ground - crossed out]
G.P. Office - [Turrŭk crossed out]
Turr-'rak -gullia arm -
Richmond - quo-yung}
Collingwood - dead trees}
N Melbourne - yern-da-ville
& West Melbourne
Brunswick - Bulleke
['Bullock' crossed out] -bek
Flat country
where scattered tracks
Malvern -['Tu' crossed out] Kŭrnan
Royal Park - Quor-nóng
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ween = fire, match
Collingwood Flat
Yálla-birr-ang
The wooden point of
a reed spear
This is said to be a
very old name.
Koi-wirp
tee tree
So called for the plentiful
ti tree in old time
The Richmond flats about
Burnley
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.