Field notebook

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took a tarnuk + poured the
water down at him - but
he bent aside and it went
under his arm without hurting
him - the other fellow was still
going up very close to K-
who poured the water down
+ it went under his arm.
Then he tried to pour water
over the other - and the other
kept climbing up -
K. sate down in the fork
high up - + the two fellows
were drinking the water
At that K was frightened
- + they killed him with their
tomahawk.

Then they said we will
go down again -

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Then something split the
tree from the fork down
to the ground + the two
sides bending over Tadgery
on one side + Turnung on
the other reached the ground
and everbody could then
get plenty of water.

[old - crossed out] mŭnde-gorŭk
old woman was crying - where are
they - every one gone away
wants to kill some one
Tadgery + Turnung they all gone
that way pointing out a direction
You go that way pointing

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Document Details

Date 09 Oct 1897

Letter From —

Letter To —

Author Howitt, Mr Alfred William

Country Australia

Colony/State —

Holding Institution Museums Victoria

Collection Name Alfred W. Howitt Collection

Registration Number XM 775

Medium Notebook

Region —

Locality —

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.