Field notebook
Transcription - Page 5
to a big cave. T ran one way
+ Tadjery ran the other -
+ when she went in they
got boughs + burned her up.
Barm barm guruk
WotjoBalluk
Binbeal is the Rainbow
+ makes rain - William
believes he is Bunjil's son
Wotjo Binbeal - big fellow up there
Kokom = Mopoke
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Eucalypts
Wurindil wŭrn-dil
Sharpstones at Cape Schanck
put there by Mangata to stop
the sea. Dividing Marine bay
+ Colak [thun- crossed out] jūn the
other side.
The old people say that [there - crossed out]
[was a big fish in the - crossed out] Mang-alin
put a lot of Thŭndal in the
Estuaries at the heads to prevent
big fish like whales
or sharks to come in and
hurt people.
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.