Gliun, Gleean or Gliyan is both a totem term and also an animal name, literally ‘water-hen’ Gleean was also a patrilineal totem term, or Thundung, literally ‘elder-brother’ (see Howitt 1904:135). Bulmer termed this category of totem term Jaak, literally ‘meat’. Gliyan is a 'regularized spelling' not found in the originals. This is the purple swamphen (page 138 of hw0404).
Gliyan
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Typed and handwritten notes about the KurnaiPages 1Registration Number XM524Author Howitt, Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Notes, typed and handwritten, undated. Handwritten sections include annotations and corrections throughout. Number 2 typed, top right of first page. No other page numbers marked. Five sheets, six pages. Condition: paper loss from bottom corner of one sheet; foxing.
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Gaskell to Howitt 28/12/1903Registration Number hw0370Author —Physical Description — -
Letter from John Bulmer 11 March 1904Registration Number XM92Author —Physical Description — -
Letter from John Bulmer 29 March 1904Registration Number XM93Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten in ink. One sheet; two pages. Condition: good, but paper is very thin and the handwriting from one side is visible from the other. -
Bulmer to Howitt 21 March 1904Registration Number XM96Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten in ink. One sheet, two pages. Parts of the text are 'struck through' with diagonal, black pencilled lines. A post script is on the top of the first page, with provenance and date quarter way down on the right. The letter includes diagrams on both sides. Condition: some loss of paper, and text (both sides), from pest damage top left of front page. The paper is thin and the handwriting from one side is visible from the other making the letter difficult to read.