Aboriginal words and names, Upper Clarence River dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt, ca. 190...
Aboriginal words and names, Upper Clarence River dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt, ca. 190...
Aboriginal words and names, Upper Clarence River dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt, ca. 1909; with introduction, notes and index by Robert L. Dawson, 1936
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Author / Creator
Date
1909-1936
Call Numbers
B 857
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Reference Code
Language
Australian languages
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Contents
1 volume of textual material (25 p.) - manuscript
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Fonds
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Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D20835/a8120.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Includes names for native fauna, parts of the human body, weapons & domestic articles, the elements and heavenly bodies, trees & plants, tribes with localities, place names, miscellaneous words, words to which no names given and corroboree songs.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Aboriginal words and names, Upper Clarence River dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt, ca. 1909; with introduction, notes and index by Robert L. Dawson, 1936
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Microfilm available at CY 2355, frames 139 - 171
AIATSIS language, code and map grid reference:
Bundjalung / Banjalang language (E12) (NSW SH56-02)
Digital order no:Album ID : 1031483
Description source
Information transferred from Short Catalogue (typed) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Robert L. Dawson, May 1936
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Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas George Hewitt (1841-1915) grew up in New England where his father was a station manager for the Australian Agricultural Company. He studied for the Bar without ever practicing law and later took up journalism, accepting the editorial chair of the Clarence and Richmond Examiner. He was a prominent citizen of Grafton becoming the town's mayor...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
B 857
Record Identifier
YoldObN9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YoldObN9
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Reference code
948024
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