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eamonn_dearg edited 1 in hw0024 Notes from J. C. McLeod in Howitt and Fison PapersPage Edited
eamonn_dearg edited 1 in hw0024 Notes from J. C. McLeod in Howitt and Fison PapersPage Edited
eamonn_dearg edited 1 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison PapersPage Edited
eamonn_dearg added a note to 2 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison Papers, saying “It may well be and if there is a published form of 'Umbara' let's go with that. Of course, the word shouldn't be starting with a vowel - but that's another matter.”Note Added
eamonn_dearg edited 3 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison PapersPage Edited
eamonn_dearg added a note to 2 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison Papers, saying “Paragraph near the bottom begins 'Bumbara the tribal bard of the Yuin …….down the Murray River on this side (stretching out his right hand; but on the left side, [??] on the left, there is nothing. From what I shall [??] [??] of the ceremonies of the Vi”Note Added
eamonn_dearg added a note to 1 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison Papers, saying “First line may be 'Tatati Purbung - according to Bobby Napier' in account where says 'each boy was seized by his ngierep [?] [?]' it should read 'each boy was seized by his ngierep [?] sisters husband...'. Next paragraph starts 'The ngierep leading the ”Note Added
eamonn_dearg added a note to 28 in XM761 Field notebook in Howitt and Fison Papers, saying “Should not 'Where they rubbed all over with charcoal' read 'Were they rubbed all over with charcoal'. Last paragraph of page 1 should start 'chop up Kangaroo and lay on a log and let boys eat it...' Last 2 lines on page 2 should read- 'eg at Lake Tyers”Note Added
eamonn_dearg added a note to 27 in XM761 Field notebook in Howitt and Fison Papers, saying “In the list of names the first one is 'Billy McLeod' rather than 'Billy Rutherford'. Under the line on page 1 - 'whose bag is this' seems more apt than 'whose log is this'. The next line, rather than reading 'more - ngathalu' might well read 'mine - ngath”Note Added
eamonn_dearg added a note to 26 in XM761 Field notebook in Howitt and Fison Papers, saying “The name of the person at top of page might actually be - A McReadie. It also might not but Andrew McReadie was from a pastoralist family & spent some time on the Board for Protection of Aborigines if my memory serves me well. In the first paragraph a s”Note Added
eamonn_dearg added a note to 4 in XM761 Field notebook in Howitt and Fison Papers, saying “Re the 2 queried sections in paragraph 1 & 2: Jay has [?treecreeps?] - the word should read treecreeper as the text is referring to the 'friends' of men and women - and the 2 commonest friends across se Australia were the bat as friend of all the men and ”Note Added
eamonn_dearg transcribed 3 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison PapersPage Transcribed
eamonn_dearg transcribed 2 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison PapersPage Transcribed
eamonn_dearg edited 1 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison PapersPage Edited
eamonn_dearg transcribed 1 in XM725 Tatati Billy Napier in Howitt and Fison PapersPage Transcribed