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

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Breeul .. star
Tabbarowrin-burreet .. sunrise
Tabarowrin-bourrit .. sunrise
Uca mirrin .. sunrise
Gooitbil .. sunset
Canbie (0) .. fire
Towwurr, Towre .. fire
Willung .. rain
Crie (0) .. rain
Toon .. smoke
Gourrookina (0) .. wind
Cowwarr .. west wind
Beeba-beeba .. wind blowing
Bownduc .. fog, mist [Bowndung + (a vo bl)?]
Daan .. frost - snow [(a vo bl)?]
Mulloo, morew .. pipe clay, earth, dust
Binginwarrie .. sea
Bungu-benerk .. white billow
Mimial (0) .. water
Yurn, yaan, yaarn .. water
Cungim-yarn .. salt water
Cuttoung .. plenty of water
Murkinwalliniga-Baayu .. big stone
Gibba (0) .. stone
Tinga .. stone
Crocken .. quartz
Blunderworderdy .. sand
Berpercutty .. plain
Doogooroo .. plain
Doogooroo .. waterfall
Bulga .. mountain
Bunderool .. snowy hill
Wun-wun, Wurn-wurn, Wunt-wun .. river
Mullo-carewut .. pipe clay creek
Nyalling .. boggy place.
Gourruntchunuc .. big waterhole

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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.'