Notes by Howitt on Kulin from Barak
Transcription - Page 64
and child. In the evening the two dogs
came back. The man speared
both of them from his tree and killed
them. He then placed them and
his wife and child all in the log
and having killed the pups burned
the whole up with a big fire. Then
he went back to his people and told
them what had happened to him.
The wild dogs at the head of the Yarra
about Baw Baw are very large
– nearly as large as calves.
Document Details
Date
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Letter From
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Letter To
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Author
Howitt, Alfred William
Country
Australia
Colony/State
Victoria
Holding Institution
State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
MS9356/391
Medium
Notes
Region
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Locality
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Summary
MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Kulin Nation [Item Title] Notes by Howitt titled 'The Kulin tribe. Informant 'Ber-uk' otherwise King William of the Yarra tribe'. [Summary note] 103 pages. Box 1053 [Folder] 2(b) & (c) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description
Handwritten notes, undated and numbered pages. Additional notations and annotations in the left hand margins; includes a newspaper article.