Field notebook
Transcription - Page 13
Bunya [Being?] from [Charlton - crossed out] Thayenundak
Kingella obuan
obuajan
Bunbugan [?Wrugo or Wingo?]
[line across page]
Red ochre = wirap
(10) This relation to the
Jibauk of the Marine Kulin
- like the Jeraeil
(33) no to the westward of him
[next page]
Binap - white gum E. Vim (β)
Waial peppermint narrow leaf
Bial - Red gum
Būrn-ngatūk messmate
E. obliqua [under messmate]
Wūrūn - River white gum E. viminalis
Paulait -
Wūy-yūrt -
Waring- djüe- ngatje
to sit and [??] the sea
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.