Howitt notes of the Gringai
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This document contains references to the following people, places, and cultural groups
People
- Rusden
- James Boydell
- Donald McRae
- James Dawson
- John Fraser
- Stingaree sucking Meg
- Robert Dawson
- Big headed Jemmy
- Little Jemmy
- Augustus Hooke
- old Bony
- William Henry Breton
- Wickie
- N Scott
- C F Holmes
- A. W. Howitt
Places
- Port Stephens
- Hunter
- Dungog
- Singleton
- Williams River
- Manning
- Newcastle
- Dividing Ranges
- Dividing Range
- Munmurra
- Talbragar
- Darling River
- New South Wales
- Port Macquarrie
- Hambledon Hill
- Australia
- Maitland
- Clarence Town
- Sale
- Victoria
- West Maitland
- Sydney
Cultural Groups
Document Details
Date
1908 - 1873
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Letter To
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Author
Howitt, Alfred William
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Colony/State
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Holding Institution
State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
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Registration Number
MS9356/146
Medium
Notes
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Summary
MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales . [Sub Series] Geawegal and Gringai tribe [Item Title] Notes by A. W. Howitt on 'Port Stephens tribe, Gringai tribe'. [Summary note] Undated. 26 pages. Box 1050 [Folder] 1(d) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description
Handwritten in black ink. Page one has hand drawn map and legend in red, with blue pencil lines across the map. Hand drawn map in black ink and blue pencil on page 18, with places and rivers named. Page numbers written and capital letters delineating separate points circled in blue pencil. Left margin notes added to pages in different hand and initialled. Hand drawn tables on pages twenty and twenty-two. Blue pencil lines drawn vertically across text on most pages. Last page has addresses crossed out and postmark. Small hole in top left and top right of alternating pages.
