Notes on Kurnai 150 pages

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per Billy Wood
Tinnunculus Chenchroide - Mlee - djēn - Lick - leg
Robbin [sic] (Pet. tricolor) Bibbrén
Red Wallaby- Ginnara
Coto's Farm Būlŭmajiraua- Belly Kangaroo
March Fly- Ngarawat
Narūt - Wambat [sic] is Muk Kurnai
Gūla- Sloth Bear - [ditto]
Wottŭn- Opossum [ditto]
Batalŭk- Lace Lizard [ditto]
Takwan-Black Wallaby [ditto]
Djira- Kangaroo [ditto]
Barn- Dingo [ditto]
Baui- Small Wallaby [ditto]
Ginnara- Red Wallaby [ditto]
Gūrnŭn- Seal [ditto]
Gändū- Whale [ditto]
Gwannūmŭr-ŭng- Eaglehawk [ditto]
Bi-wing- Hawk- Muk Wrūkŭt
Baandagŭn- Mopoke Muk Kurnai
Būrŭn- Pelican Muk Kurnai
Teddelik- frog [ditto]
Ngarūgal - crow [ditto]
Tatanlūk- Leatherhead muk wrūkŭt
Kartū- Blue Crane [ditto]

Karian- Gang Gang [ditto]
None of the three Cockatoos, any snake, musk
crow, Laughing Jackass are Muk Kurnai

Gwénnet Bellbird
[mole - crossed out] Jijera- mole cricket
Būndragŭn- Mountain White gum
Kūpbarra- Blackbutt- E. Regnans
Járl- Daviesia latifolia

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Document Details

Date —

Letter From —

Letter To —

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

Medium Notes

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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.