Bulmer to Howitt 4/12/1880
Transcription - Page 2
About Jenny and Jim Crow
1 Jenny tells me that Jim
Crow was her Mangarang
2 He and Jenny went off
to Maneroo but returned
to Omeo.
Jim Crow was not fought
with but Jenny says
he was poisoned (bulked)
for he died afterwards of
a swelling in the nose.
3 Tommy Tambo was Jenny's
Namban. Jenny declines
that Polly was no relation
but I think that even at
this remote period she
allows her feelings to get
the better of her for she
Document Details
Date
04 Dec 1880
Letter From
Bulmer, Reverend John
Letter To
Howitt, Alfred William
Author
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Country
Australia
Colony/State
Victoria
Holding Institution
State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
MS9356/395
Medium
Letter
Region
Gippsland
Locality
Lake Tyers
Summary
MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Kurnai [Item Title] Letter from John Bulmer to A. W. Howitt. [Summary note] Lake Tyers. 7 pages. 1880 December 04. Box 1053 [Folder] 3(a) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description
Covering letter signed and dated with six additional pages referred to a as report of an interview by Rev Bulmer.