W.T. Dawson and H.W. Pettit Gippsland place names and vocabulary
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Bourne - leg
Boon, Bonn- knee
Gleat - sinews under knee
Blunjhean - Achilles tendon
Mundoee (P) Tchinn, Bun - Foot
Ginnee (O) feet
Jinki-jinki - blood
Bolodhun - privates
Lancart - bruised lip
Naaragin - blight
Muc-muc - phlegm
PERSONAL OBJECTS, UTENSILS, IMPLEMENTS
Tong-bong (O), Tongbong - Hat
Dek-gulla, Guarrandu - cap
Jerrangill - trousers
Bungeewoork (P) Doolu doda - boot
Boomboy - cup
Neepe - pipe
Nartwongill - blanket
Gerrumbodie, Jerrumbudgee - spear
Moondibong - tomahawk
Jeddick-jeddick - stone knife
Boorooboorya - gun
Mirrwum - womera
Heelamun (P) shield
Cudgeree - heavy club
Gillung - wattle bark strip used as handle
Bunnik - rope swing
Cuttarie - Possum cloak
Punka Punka - canoe
Kooroong - boat
NATURAL OBJECTS
Worrin - sun
Narrun - moon
Wasum - moon
Document Details
Date
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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
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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.'