Notes on Kurnai 150 pages

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Kak-kura - tree fern
Garuk - tree fern
Kung-garu - Bracken - Pleris aquilina
Yangura - E. Eugenioides
Dagan - Yellowbox
Butbut - Apple trees
Biunak - White gums E. viminalis
Banksia ?Sp - Bundraga, Dua
Yau-ut - Mountain ash. E. Sieberiana
Bururra-wi - Ironbark - E. sideroxylon
Bal-uk - Mountain white gum
Yaret-chek or Yertchuk - 2. Eucalyptus species
Tallabri or Euro Redgum - E. tereticornus
Tun-chuk - Peppermint E. amygdalina
Deu - Red box - E polyanthemos

per Tulaba
Goose creek - Daldoruk
Bischoffs paddock - Durt wurk
Glart - Back water paddock

Leatherhead is Tat auluk -
and its cry is diu-diu-barat-prak
or "Baldhead".

Blaung-aréqua druráua
burn ladder
Kúlung-úka wurun-tunku
whitefellow boughs from here
buda-tunka putta-ngaia
tuka-punta Kurnung-inna
muk duks - camp down at the creek
ma kur nung-ita - (ita=I)
I leave him [?there]

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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

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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.