Notes on Kurnai 150 pages
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Mukthang
Come here- Nau-wŭn-ji come here
Give Wal-kimmi
Knife- Worli-nŭtbi
Kŭla-melŭrt- scissors (cutting thing)
Bŭr- Lean of meat
Bŭra- bullockai=beef
Tchewin- fat
Wŭk- track
Ngutal- mine
per Charley Alexander June 23th 1872
Billy Wood
Beucruachan- Welwendŭk
Wánduin = Eugenia Symithii [Lilly Pilly]
Tallak = sow thistle
Ngŭllŭk = one of the cruicifere
Dŭrt-gŭrŭk = a large yellow fungus
Laua beri = Brown Snake
[Jilung- crossed out]
Gē-lŭng = Tiger Snake
Black Snake =
Thūrūng- any snake
Aegotheles novce Hollandaice - Owlet nightjar
Æ
A term of abuse- "pai-e-gwŭn"
also "Dindin blānbin" applied to a
Melbourne black who was speared
wattle gum = gūrmŭt
musell- = nāndiwŭn
[written upside down at bottom of page]
Ask William
Did they eat parts of men
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
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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.