Shaw to Howitt 4 December 1897

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2) The native name of the hedgehog
or porcupine is [crossed out: Ka worn] = " Kāworn"
who smashed up the rock &c. as you state.

3) The meaning of the name of the tribe
Ja-jou wurong I cannot get to my
satisfaction. They say it means the
voice or accent or the way the words
are pronounced as distinct from
other tribes. So when they hear any
strange black speak they say oh he
belongs to such and such a tribe giving
the name, just as we say so and so
an English man, Irish man or
Scotchman as the case may be.

But this does not give the meaning
the origin or etymology of the word.
What they say of "Ja-jou" is the same
of "Boonwurong" that is; the way
they speak causes them to be called
whatever the name of the tribe may
be