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MS 2171

The Dennis Daniel Bannister collection,
Papers on The Aboriginal Languages of Queensland,
1977

ACCESS, EXTENT, SCOPE AND GENERAL NOTE

Access

Open access, open copying and quotation - A1/B5.

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Extent

1 box

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Scope

Maps and typescript. 1 box, 10 folders. Good condition.

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General Note

Includes a key to the Aboriginal languages of Australia.
Reprints of vocabularies collected mostly in the nineteenth century, particularly those of Archibald Meston.
Comparative tables of Queensland languages and languages throughout Australia.

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Dennis Daniel Bannister

Bannister copied vocabularies and sentences recorded between 1838 and 1975, consolidated those for languages in the Brisbane region into Turrubul-English, English-Turrubul wordlists, and Guwar, Njula, Gurai-English and reverse wordlists.
Reproduced Meston's vocabularies of Queensland and New South Wales languages from the Meston linguistic collection at Oxley Library.
Gave notes on grammar and phonetic structure of languages.
Compiled comparative tables for 20 words in Queensland languages and for the same words in Australian languages.

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SERIES LIST

1       Sources of information on the Durubul language of Brisbane     

2.     Aboriginal vocabularies recorded by Archibald Meston between 1870 and 1904.

3-4   Durubul vocabulary: D.D. Bannister 1977 

5      Durubul texts: D.D. Bannister 1980 

6      Guwar, the language of Moreton Island: D.D. Bannister 1982 

7      Njula, the Aboriginal language of Bribie Island: D.D. Bannister 1984 

8      Gurai, the Aboriginal language of the Lower Stanley river: D.D. Bannister 1985 

9      Key to the Aboriginal languages of Queensland: D.D. Bannister 1975 

10    Key to the Aboriginal languages of Australia and Tasmania: D.D. Bannister 1975

PAPERS ON THE ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES OF QUEENSLAND, 1977

BOX 1

Item:

  1. Sources of information on the Durubul language of Brisbane, by D.D. Bannister 1966:
  1. Wordlists from Clunie 1838.
  2. Wordlists from Rev. Eipper 1841.
  3. Words given by Threlkeld to Hale 1845.
  4. Vocabulary collated by Ridley 1855-1877 including sentences, Biblical paraphrases and remarks on grammar.
  5. Moreton Bay vocabulary - Turner 1861.
  6. Vocabulary of the Thoerwel dialect published in Our Paper, Brisbane 1868.
  7. Djandai dialect of Stradbroke Island - Watkin 1887 and 1891, Goenpul tribe vocabulary.
  8. Logan River vocabulary - Hinchcliffe 1890.
  9. Coobenpil dialect of the Coonool-Cabalchu tribe - Meston, 1895, Stradbroke Island. Includes sentences, Lord's prayer in Lytton dialect; also vocabulary sent by Meston to A.W. Howitt and letter explaining Meston's kinship.
  10. Yaggara, the language of the Yerongpan tribe - Lauterer 1891; grammatical notes including declension of verbs.
  11. Turrbal- tribe of Brisbane - Petrie 1902, 1904.
  12. Pine River district, 1904.
  13. Cleveland district, 1904.
  14. Beaudesert district, 1904.
  15. Vocabulary of the Yuggarabul language from Hardcastle, Dugandan Station near Buna 1900-1904.
  16. Bribie, Welsby 1937.
  17. Vocabulary of the Yugarabul language - Watson 1944.
  18. Vocabulary from Stradbroke Island - Rahnsleben 1975.
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  1. Aboriginal vocabularies recorded by Archibald Meston between 1870 and 1904 [Note: Page 38 of Item 2 missing from collection. Also missing from State Library of Queensland]:
  1. Northern Pama language group: Gadang, Yaraigana, Wudadi, Mbalidjan, Ludig, Yinwum, Ngerigudi, Awngdim, Galigudi.
  2. North Eastern Pama language group: Gandju, Umbila.
  3. Central Pama language group: Aghu Tharnggala, Olgul.
  4. Eastern Pama language group: Koko Yimidir, Koko Djalandji, Djangun, Idinj, Gungandji, Djabugai.
  5. Rain Forest language group: Ngadjan, Wandjuru, Djirbal, Bandjin.
  6. Gulf Pama language group: Walangama.
  7. Darambal language group: Darambal.
  8. Maric language group: Mambura, Garingbal, Gudjal, Warungu, Biri, Djanga, Yambina, Djagalingu, Gungari, Mandandanji, Guamu, Gugai.
  9. Durubulic language group: Guwar, Djandai.
  10. Waga-Gabic language group: Nyula, Gurai, Waga, Ngunda, Badjala, Ngulumbara, Guang.
  11. Bandjalangic language group: Ngarang, Bandjalang, Gidabal.
  12. Gumbaingar language group: Yegir, Gumbaingar.
  13. Wagaya language group: Wagaya.
  14. Djuru language group: Djuru.
  15. Dieric language group: Bundamara, Wangumara.
  16. Wiradjuri language group: Yualyai.
  17. Yuin-Kuri language group: Ngunawal.
  18. Miscellaneous notes in letter to A.W. Howitt, 23/4/1893. Durubul, Djandai, Nyula, Waga, Galgadun.
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  1. Durubul vocabulary - Vocabulary of English-Durubul drawn from all known recorded sources accompanied by a version in modern phonetics placed in the righthand column. D.D. Bannister 1977. Compiled from wordlists in (1).
  1. Durubul vocabulary - Vocabulary of Durubul words in modern phonetics drawn from all the known recorded sources, D.D. Bannister 1977. Compiled from wordlists in (1).
     
  2. Durubul texts - Textual material in the Durubul language and its dialects from all records in the original phonetics and with a version in modern phonetics, D.D. Bannister 1980.
  1. Sentences from Eipper 1841.
  2. Sentences and Biblical paraphrases, Ridley 1866.
  3. Sentences from Watkin, Djandai dialect 1887.
  4. Lord's Prayer in Lytton dialect (Coobenpil), Meston 1895.
  5. Sentences Coobenpil dialect, Meston 1890.
  6. Sentences, Petrie 1904.
  7. Sentences, Yuggarabul dialect, Hardcastle 1946.
  8. Sentences, Yaggara (Yerongpan tribe), Lauterer 1895.
  9. Songs of Yerongpan tribe, Lauterer 1891.
  10. Paternoster, Lauterer (from another source).
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  1. Guwar, the language of Moreton Island, D.D. Bannister 1982 - Notes on location of language sources of recorded language, comparison with neighbouring languages; sentence material, English-Guwar vocabulary, sentences, Guwar-English vocabulary; comparative vocabulary of Moreton Bay languages.
     
  2. Njula, the Aboriginal language of Bribie Island, D.D. Bannister 1984 - English-Njula, Njula-English with sentences; comparative vocabulary of Moreton Bay languages; poem 'the race of the Jindoobarrie' by Archibald Meston 1891; four lines about Bribie Island by Rev. Dunmore Lang 1848.
     
  3. Gurai, the Aboriginal language of the Lower Stanley River D.D. Bannister 1985 - Notes on recorded material; Meston's vocabularies English-Gurai, Gurai-English; comparative vocabulary.
     
  4. Key to the Aboriginal languages of Queensland (Based on 20 wordlists from old and recent records). D.D. Bannister 1975. Comparative vocabularies grouped by Bannister, for all vocabularies and dialects in Queensland; table of sources.
     
  5. Key to the Aboriginal languages of Australia and Tasmania D.D. Bannister 1975 - Twenty word list used on languages and dialects grouped throughout Australia, including Tasmania. No table of sources.

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Guide updated by J. Phillips December 1999.