W.T. Dawson and H.W. Pettit Gippsland place names and vocabulary

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Beulbouttchunuc .. big morass
Bow-worrung .. good hunting ground for possum
Gran-galloo .. good hunting ground
Barrit-brook .. battle ground
Delbut, Tellbut .. junction
Borra-booryah .. glen
Tanderra .. resting place
Mooroodine (0), Mooroodine .. road
Coongnoong .. sleep
Bendu-bendu, Benda-benda .. sleep
Karrong .. consumption, cold
Buragwonduck .. blindness
Crogie (0) .. physic
Luck .. Bread
Murriwangong .. quickscent.

Animals-

Jerra, Dirra, Deera, Jirrah .. Kangaroo
Tuelbur (0), Tuilbah (0) .. Kangaroo
Gandidgerra .. kangaroo watering place
Bowie .. wallaby
Talla-bowie, Tuloo-bowie .. long-tailed wallaby
Boodyarn (0) .. possum
Wadthan, wadgin, wadgan .. possum
Nambruo .. plenty black possums
Dalli-wadthin .. plenty of possums
Bucquarie (0) .. Ringtail possum
Dundiall (0) .. native bear
Gooleur, Goola .. native bear
Bungadie (0) .. wombat
Coroun (0), Cowan .. porcupine
Tarrangut .. porcupine
Winnenerbree .. kangaroo rat
Jimmialong .. platypus
Bonno .. dog
Merrigung (0) .. dog
Dingo (p) .. dog

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Document Details

Date —
Letter From —
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Author Dawson, W. T. and Pettit, J. H. W.
Country Australia
Colony/State Victoria
Holding Institution State Library of Victoria
Collection Name Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number MS9356/437
Medium Article
Region Gippsland
Locality —
Summary MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Yaitmathang or Omeo tribes [Item Title] Typescript copy of article by W. T. Dawson and J. H. W. Pettit titled 'Gippsland vocabularies and place names: obtained and recorded in the fifties by W. T. Dawson, District Surveyor, and J. H. W. Pettit, Surveyor' with annotations to show Omeo District. [Summary note] 15 pages. Box 1054 [Folder] 2(c) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description Typescript copy of article with a front page with handwritten title 'Dawson and Pettit Gippsland Aboriginal Vocabularies' and an annotation bottom left, 'M.E.B. Howitt, Eastwood, Lucknow.'