Notes from Jenny Cooper and John Bulmer, n.d.
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This document contains references to the following people, places, and cultural groups
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Document Details
Date
1908 - 1875
Letter From
Bulmer, Reverend John
Letter To
Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Author
—
Country
Australia
Colony/State
Victoria
Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 95
Medium
Notes
Region
Gippsland
Locality
Lake Tyers
Summary
"Response to A.W. Howitt's questionnaire. Rev. Bulmer providing information from Jenny Cooper regarding language, marriage and social organisation. Content records the consequences of elopement, and that a ""wrong marriage"" may result in the man being killed. In the division of the group, men are eaglehawks and women are crows. Mentions that Omeo group call themselves Ya-it-mathung and seeking the meaning of it also from Jenny Cooper. Much of the correspondence between Bulmer and Howitt occurred between 1875 and 1908."
Physical Description
Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. Possibly an incomplete letter. Single folded sheet, four pages. Red pencilled annotation, top left of first page. Content hand-ruled into sections. Condition: good.
