Notes on Kurnai 150 pages

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Kurnai
Billy Wood
Acacia Melanoxylon - Yau-ŭn
Edible orchid Wit-chŭn
ayam ? Mlāng
Davallea dubia GūnKan
Water Lizard Tára-wŭn
Cherry tree Bal-lat
Pteris aquailina Kew-ŭn
Blue crane Tartone
Cassinia aculeata Melli
Creek at Huggetts select
Swamp Creek Tali Yai ŭng
E. oblique Kata Katak
[Ma- crossed out] E. [?Hebercani?] Matingara (or) Yau-ŭt
Leptospermum sp
Swamp [?en?] Kūram Brŭk
[B - crossed out] Putty colored snake Láua beri
Alsophili Australis garŭk
E. Capitellate Tūmŭng
Paps of Dura Bŭlki-watŭn
Mt Wellington Niga-tho rūk
Black stone Tomahawk Kára Keŭn
[?Lipicoen?] Tomahawk Gwéŭn
Black snake Tūnyarŭk
Brown snake Thūrūng
Tiger snake [Gélūng - crossed out] jilūng or Náiabŭn
Leatherhead Tatau-o-lūk (Tataulūk)
Turtle Ngāt
A Fungi (Edible) [?Dauglewŭn?]
Whitefellows brought the mushroom
Braclyclyla Populus The Brajerak showed the Kurnai
how to eat the roots. The Brajerak
told the Kurnai its name
Yábenbŭr

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Document Details

Date —

Letter From —

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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 MS9356/404

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Summary MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Kurnai [Item Title] Notes by A. W. Howitt titled 'Kurnai. Various names of plants, language etc.'. [Summary note] Incorporates information from correspondents including Mr. McAlpine, J. C. McLeod and tribal informants. 145 pages. Box 1053 [Folder] 3(b) & 4(a) [State Library Victoria record 2018]

Physical Description Correspondence and notes.