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Notebook C, 1960: Various Australian languages

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Collection Creator
O'Grady, G. N. (Geoffrey N.)
See more items in
Geoffrey N. O'Grady Papers
Geoffrey N. O'Grady Papers / Series 1: Field Research
Sponsor
The digitization of portions of this collection was supported by a generous grant from the Arcadia Fund.
Date
1960
Container
Box 2
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Geoffrey N. O'Grady Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Scope and Contents
Nyangumarta and Warnman, some Ngulipartu, Nyikina (small vocabulary), and Jururru (even smaller). Index 1 -- Yinytyipanti sentences (NB spelling). 2 -- Nyaŋumada 'Tape 1' trancription fragment. 3-7 -- Short texts elicited via Family of Man (FM) photographs. Language not given, but probably Yinytyipanti. 8 -- Different language 'Ŋul' (Ŋuļipata? See later in the book). Also 'Wallal'—might be a person? 11-12 -- Text I 'Roebourne'—no language given. Transcription. 13-15 -- Text II 'Roebourne (Monty Hale)'—no language given. Transciption. 16 -- 'March 28 Recording.' Transciption? Language not identified. 23-29 -- Ŋuļipata days of the week—English loans.'Albert re 1944 German Film'—Tape transcipt? Language not identified. 29 -- Start of a new text? Writing much neater than previously. 32 -- 'Messages for Hedland.' 33 -- 'Odd items recorded on slips of paper and now re-entered here,' in Ŋuļipata. 'Nyikina recorded from truck driver 100 miles SE of Langi Crossing on Sat, 9/4/60.' 34 -- Kitya (Gidja) vocabulary items recorded at Louisa Downs [station, Fitzroy Valley] on 10/4/60. Ŋaļuma notes of KH [Ken Hale]. Nyaŋ (Inland) notes of KH. Nyaŋ (Inland) notes of GOG 30 miles SW of [Port] Hedland 36 -- 'List of 20 sentences devised by KLH [Ken Hale] and GOG for purposes of obtaining a minimal sample for morphological analysis.' 37-38 -- 'Malkana recorded by GOG from Billy Weir …. [indecipherable] at Ajana, about 18/3/1960.' 39 -- KLH and GOG's 20 sentences recorded in Wadjari (Wajarri) by GOG from Sally …. At Booloogooroo about 20/3/1960 (at 5 pm, cool reception). Then '<Walypili not < Sally.' 41 -- 'Solitary sentence volunteered by Algie Patterson in TyuruRu or Tyuru at Winning Pool, March 1960.' 42 -- Draft of a letter to Ralph Piddington [the anthropologist??] from La Grange Oct 11, 1967 about dual kin terms in Nyaŋumarda and Karadjeri. 44-47 -- Missing (torn from book). 48-49 -- Notes for a talk to Susan Kaldor's class [at UWA], Fr. July 7, 1967. 40-61 -- Missing. 62 -- Samples from Nyaŋ played at UWA 7/7/1967.
Collection Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512911319-1503512911340-5
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3efb57d4b-016f-4b2e-959d-bb51e022aea5

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