Field notebook
Transcription - Page 14
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Westernport blacks called it
Ūrŭn-ba-maiela
because they rub it with
urŭn-ba = Raddle or red or
Yellow ochre
making their like Jeraeil
or Jebauk. The women
were probably "sisters"
Melbourne women went to Goulburn
as wives.
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Document Details
Date
09 Oct 1897
Letter From
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Letter To
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Author
Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Country
Australia
Colony/State
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Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 775
Medium
Notebook
Region
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Locality
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Summary
Belonging to A.W. Howitt. Ethnographic and survey notes. Content also includes discussion of Woeworung marriage rules and a table of marriage is given; documents a number of stories regarding Aboriginal History; and includes the signs of Aborigines in the deed drawn up by John Batman. Includes a genealogy of sorts for William Barak. There are unrelated botanical notes and illustrations as well. There also appear to be sketch drawings of animals, possibly made by Richards or Barak towards the end of the book.
Physical Description
Notebook, leather-bound, with metal clasp. 40 sheets, 71 pages. Condition: fragile; spine is slightly weak but no loose pages.