Notes on Kurnai 150 pages
Transcription - Page 124
wūnin-gin
yangi wūnmatū brawa she says mūnanūnjie
KiKanat lūlūi yak
Charly Rivers
Yanji - wūn matū brawa - [mūnda - crossed out]
[taerta - crossed out]
aun nng - mūnda Berra watūn (Bruthen)
don't know there at
nabbūnda - brebba? tūe ntu yak
how many more that way (west)
mūndu - them - passive
tūntū them active
[?tintakka?] - here - near at hand
tintaingaga - here - active walking
[Brabra Ng - crossed out] Wūrl ngin gegan - where are you going?
Bruthen - Boul Boul - or all Tatungulung
[?Nūnung?] [??] or Brit Britti
or Wy Yang - [null] [null] - not much
from [??]
Wy Yang the same
vice versa
[??] [??] the same
Dargo Brunager? [Tatūngulung - crossed out] [?Bunanger?] Tatūngulung (half) at
Shaving Point
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
MS9356/404
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] 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.