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

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Nuni nuli kuc kow (0) .. come here quick
Budgee budgee mul .. come here, I want you.
Mendaba yaan .. bring me some water
Woother Woother yaru .. Bring me some water quick
Wuddu wudda, muni nuli ki (0) .. Give me a light for my pipe.
Wee-maniac (0) .. give me tobacco
Godda murra jerk .. give me a possum
Nuni nuli cuncow pilum gunyah nuce (0) .. Come over here to the hut
and I'll tell you some
news.
Jimbie jimbie (0) .. catch him. Hold him.
Booruk booruk mo .. I want a drink.
Canyu Ganook mo .. I am hungry.
Quoraalman canyu ganook mo .. I am very hungry.
Birru on .. Turn them round.
Kar kar gee li moardanur borra .. Why did you kill my bullock
boolagga noodaloop a long time ago?
Nooroodarnie .. Are you going to travel.
Bairndun wort mull worrin .. You and I sat down and had
gutinga dinner.
Nartbun-a-dounga-dounga .. I don't understand you.
Wemanna cunni .. Where are the blacks?
Noolnee gatta gooni .. Where are the blacks?
Wee muna wadgin .. Where are the possums?
Goit bil yuk .. Sun in the West (Sunset)

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Document Details

Date
Letter From
Letter To
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.'