Notes by Howitt on Kulin from Barak
Transcription - Page 73
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Memo for William
The Bad Country – the native name in
Woéy-wūrŭng
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mamung ata our father
mamung ek – my father
mamung ngŭlla our fath (dual)
mamung ngenn thy father
mamung ū kadūp his father
mamen thŭnna their father
mamen a būlŭnda their father (dual)
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your father – plural
their father – dual
[written in left side margin]
Márine Bek
Márine Barn
Márine Queap
meat
Wea-mŭk
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.