Shaw to Howitt 15 May 1899

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Transcription - Page 2

[left hand page]

[rough notes on the bottom right]

[gulke?] [guli]
↑ ↑ fall
[??}

moth
[brother]

[right hand page]

Relationships [Underlined]

Grandfather Paternal - father's father - [crossed out: bren] breng-kūrūng - grandson brang
"[under grandfather] Maternal - mother's father - ditto - grandson - malan

father
fath broth
" sister
mother --
" sist
" broth

[written over to right side]
M - daughter's son - ngakǔp
F - " " - gōgōk

[resuming left hand transcription]
Elde Bro Bangan
Young " dedjet
Eld sistr lūnduk
youngr dedjet

Father Sist child kakai
Moth Bro child wūrmgain -Boy
bambrǔ girl

husband - nangūrūng
" brother - " "

F. sister husband - nangūrūng

wife - birmbang or ūmǔrk
wife sister - " "

M. brother wife - birmbang
F. brother's wife - ūmǔrk
M. sister's husband - gūreitch

[written on right hand side]

M - son’s wife mangep
M daughter’s husbd gūntalang
F son’s wife ker-ene
F daughtr husb gweabŭn
-

F. husbd’s father mamŭng
M. wifes father gūntalang
F. husband mother ker-ene
M. wife’s mother gweabŭn

written inside a box
may a man - "see" the
mother of his brother wife?

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Document Details

Date 15 May 1899
Letter From Shaw, Joseph
Letter To Howitt, Alfred William
Author —
Country Australia
Colony/State —
Holding Institution State Library of Victoria
Collection Name Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number MS9356/426
Medium Letter
Region Port Phillip
Locality Coranderrk
Summary MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Wurunjerri (See also Kulin nation and Port Phillip) [Item Title] Letter from Joseph Shaw to A. W. Howitt. [Summary note] 2 pages. 1899 May 15. Box 1054 [Folder] 1(a) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description "Additional notes. Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated. Top of the first page preceding the start of the letter are answers to Howitt's questions and are numbered 1 to 15. the second page is titled ""Relationships"" and also provides some answers to Howitt's questions. "