Notes on Kurnai 150 pages
Transcription - Page 2
Song of the bottle
Nabungada-gada gauan-gauanda
pull out cork
bŭnyel drarndu-willem máyonga
you a(n)d I – little warm place –
a little further
bŭrrabū = tarloo gallaglet = sapling.
Brown snake - Laue-berri.
Tiger snake - Gél-ŭng.
Any kind of snake is - thūrūng
Dŭrt-gŭrŭk = a large yellow fungus.
Wándūin = Eugenia
Tallak = Sow thistle.
Ngŭllŭk = one of the cruciferie
Bencruachan - Welwendŭk
Nau-wŭn-ji come here
Wal-kimmi - give
Worli-ngŭtbi = knife.
Kŭlla-melŭrt scissors = (cutting thing)
Bŭr=lean of meat.
Bŭra-bullokai=beef.
Tchewin=fat.
Wŭk=track.
Ngittal-mine - per Charley Alexander 23/6/72
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.