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MS 2323

Peter John Sutton papers

 

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Access

Closed access. Available only to people authorised by the Depositor. Depositor's and Institute's permission  required for quotation and for copying in part or whole - A3/B1.

Scope

Field notebooks and tape transcriptions. Handwritten, (carbon and photocopy) and typescript (photocopy). 9 boxes, 4 volumes.

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HISTORICAL NOTE

Sutton, Peter John

Field notebooks and tape transcriptions, Queensland, 1973.

Field journal; linguistic and anthropological notes; languages include Wik Ngathan, Kuku Ya'u, Kuku Wara, Flinders Island and Barrow Point Languages, Umpila, Lama-Lama, Mulgu, Buluguyban, Galgadungu, Yalarnja, Gugu Nare and Uutaalnganu; tape transcriptions; vocabulary; sentences; texts; includes transcriptions of tapes about dances, initiation and precautions for visiting Clack Island; 'ownership' of stories and behaviour associated with story places. See also AIAS tapes.

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ITEM DESCRIPTIONS

  1. Field notebooks
  1. Field notebook 1, 24 June-11 July 1974, Darwin, Mornington Island, Townsville, Palm Island, [100] 1.
     
  2. Field notebook 2, 12-22 July 1974, Palm Island, [86] 1.
     
  3. Field notebook 3, 23 July-4 August, 1974, Palm Island, Townsvil1e, Atherton, Cooktown, Hope Vale, [83] 1.
     
  4. Field notebook 4, Clack Island Project, 23 September-21 October 1974, [98] 1.
     
  5. Field notebook 5, Clack Island Project, 18 October-5 November 1974, [67] 1.
     
  6. Field notebook 6, transcriptions of tapes recorded by M. Lawrie, Palm Island, 1967; R. Layton, Cooktown, 1974; P. Sutton, Cooktown, 1974 and R.M.W. Dixon, Cooktown, 1971, [91] 1.
     
  7. Field notebook 7, domain lexicon (follows AIAS wordlist), Flinders Island and Barrow Point languages, ergative-locative-instrumental form given also, 1975, [100] 1.
     
  8. Field notebook 8, domain lexicon continued, [62] 1.
     
  9. Field notebook 9, texts in Flinders Island language, collected 1973-4, transcribed November 1975, [29] 1.
     
  10. Field notebook 10, 31 October- 12 November 1975, Palm Island Babinda, Mossman, Laura, Cooktown, includes tape transcriptions and non-taped notes, mostly Flinders Island language, some Barrow Point and Kuku Wara, [100] 1.
     
  11. Field notebook 11, November-December 1975, Cooktown, Hope Vale, Night Island area, mostly Umpila vocabulary, some Flinders Island, Marrett River, Lama-Lama, [78] l.
     
  12. Field notebook 12, November-December 1975, Cairns, Lockhart, Night Island, Kuku Ya'u, Flinders Island, Barrow-Point and Umpila languages, [63] 1.
     
  13. Field notebook 13, December 1975- January 1976 , Lockhart Reserve, Urapila vocabulary by P. Sutton, with some by J. von Sturmer, A. Chase, D. Thompson and G. O'Grady, [92] 1.
     
  14. Field notebook 14, January- February 1976, Lockhart Reserve Aurukun, Umpila,Ya'u and Wik Ngathan, [45] 1.
     
  15. Field notebook 15, February 1976, Aurukun and Brisbane, correspondence and transcriptions of tapes by P. Sutton 1974 and B. Sommer 1972 in Flinders Island and Barrow Point languages, [95] 1.
     
  16. Field notebook 16, March 1976, transcriptions of AIAS archive tapes by M. Lawrie, L. West and B. Sommer in Flinders Island language. [99] 1.
     
  17. Field notebook 17, tape transcriptions Barrow Point, Flinders Island and Guugu Yimidhirr, recorded by B. Sommer 1974, L. West 1965? and J. Bertram 1976, [45] 1.
     
  18. Field notebook 18, March 1976, tape transcriptions continued from book 16. Tapes recorded by B. Sommer and P. Sutton.
     
  19. Field notebook 19, tape transcriptions Flinders Island language, [52] 1.
     
  20. Field notebook 20, July-September 1976, Brisbane, Townsville, Palm Island, Cairns, Mossman, Coen and Aurukun, [189] 1.
     
  21. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 21, August 1976, Aurukun and Peret Outstation, tape transcriptions, [100] 1.
     
  22. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 22, September-December 1976, Aurukun and Peret Outstation, 189 p.
     
  23. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 23, August 1976, tape transcriptions continued from book 21, [35] 1.
     
  24. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 24, December 1976-January 1977, Aurukun.
     
  25. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 25, January-February 1977, Aurukun, [69] 1.
     
  26. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 26, June-July 1977, Aurukun, [64] 1
     
  27. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 27, July 1977, story transcripts [56] 1
     
  28. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 28, July 1977, Aurukun, [35] 1.
     
  29. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 29, September-October 1977, 126 p. in [64] 1.
     
  30. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 30, Cape Keerweer area: mapping, October1977, 128 p. in [64] 1.
     
  31. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 31, October 1977, 100 p. in [51] 1.
     
  32. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 32, November 1977-October 1978, [60] 1.
     
  33. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 33, tape summaries Aurukun area, 1 in [7] 1.
     
  34. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 34, Kugu Uwanh language fieldnotes October 1977, [23] 1.
     
  35. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 35, Cape Keerweer and Aurukun: sit names and film information, 1976-8, [7] 1.
     
  36. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 36, October 1978, [51] 1.
     
  37. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 37, October 1978-January 1979, [35] 1.
     
  38. Aurukun-Cape Keerweer area - Field notebook 38, April 1979, [45] 1.
     
  39. Daly River: Malak Malak - Madngele land claim - Field notebook 39, June-August 1979, [38] 1
     
  40. Daly River: Malak Malak - Madngele land claim - Field notebook 40, August-November 1979, 122 p. in [62] 1.
     
  41. Daly River: Malak Malak - Madngele land claim - Field notebook 41, Daly River sites, September 1979, 9 in [47] l.
     
  42. Daly River: Malak Malak - Madngele land claim - Field notebook 42, genealogies, September 1979, 86 p. in [38] l.
     
  43. Daly River: Malak Malak - Madngele land claim - Field notebook 43, descent groups and sites, October 1979, [79] 1.
     
  44. Daly River: Malak Malak - Madngele land claim - Field notebook 44, sites data, September- November 1979, 1.
     
  45. Daly River: Malak Malak - Madngele land claim - Field notebook 45, January-February 1980, 126 p.
     
  46. Daly River: Malak Malak - Madngele land claim - Field notebook 46, May-June 1980, [54] 1.
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B. Other field notebooks (not numbered)

  1. Field notes, North Queensland, November 1973, [127] 1.
     
  2. Field notes and tape transcriptions Nov. 1973, mostly Flinders Island language, some Palm Island languages - Mulgu, Buluguyban, some Galgadungu, Yalarnga and Gugu Nare, 94 p.
     
  3. East Cape York fishes, data collected at Massy Rive Camp by A. Chase and P. Sutton in Uutaalnganu and Umpila, comparative list given which includes Kuuku Ya'u, [45] 1.
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C. Miscellaneous tape transcriptions

  1. Flinders Island language, tape no. A 3068, recorded Palm Island, March 1973, [7] 1.
     
  2. Flinders Island language, tape no. A 3277a, recorded Cooktown Reserve, July 1974, [10] 1.
     
  3. Secular dances, initiation and precautions for visit Clack Island, tape no. A4909, recorded Cooktown, September 1974, [11] 1.
     
  4. Ownership of stories and behaviour associated with story places, tape no. A 4912, recorded Cooktown, September 1974, [9] 1.
     
  5. Interview between A. Chase and B. Flinders, tape no. A 4835, recorded Stanley Island, Qld, October 1974, 19.
     
  6. Clack Island rock painting, tape no. A3356a, record Clack Island, Qld, October 1974, 4 p.

Guide updated by J. Phillips February 2000

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