Notes from Bonwick's Book

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buckets to carry water in. p 181
I had no trouble to find out their sacred marks, one of my
natives (Bungett) went to a [sign?] out of [?] of the human and made the
Sydney natives mark; after this was done I took with
two or three of my natives the principa, chief and showed
him the mark on the tree; this he knew immediately
and pointed to the knocking out of the teeth. This mark
is always made where the ceremony of knocking out the
teeth in the front is done. However after this I [?]
through my natives for when to make his mark, which
after looking about for some time and hesitating a few
minutes he took the tomahawk and cut out in the
bark of the tree his mark - which is attached to the [cloud?]
and is the signature of their country and tribe.
p 189

The [?] with their natives seems to base [?] [plain?]
since when [?] & [NE?} for the herd of [marsupioals?] when the
[Jyga Jyga?] tribe of natives. [?] says a little [?]
in that this interview took place near where the
Melbourne University stands & Rusden says it was
where the "old Colonists Association of [?] " have a site in which to
build their Home. p 195.

Surveyor G.H. Wedge says that
infanticide is practised when a child is [?] the [?] is

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Document Details

Date 1908 - 1883
Letter From
Letter To
Author Howitt, Alfred William
Country Australia
Colony/State
Holding Institution State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
Registration Number MS9356/417
Medium Notes
Region
Locality
Summary MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Port Phillip (see also Wurunjerri and Kulin nation) [Item Title] Notes from James Bonwick's book 'Port Phillip Settlement', London, 1883. [Summary note] 4 pages. Box 1053 [Folder] 5(d) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description References and notes, handwritten in ink, undated and unsigned. Numbered pages 1 to 3. Front page has annotations left hand side margin and a vertical pencil mark through half the page.