MS 995

The Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown papers
1880-1955

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Scope

Photocopy made from the original in the Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney, 1977. Rough field notes mainly on kinship in New South Wales, some South Australia, Western Australia; some vocabulary - totems, material culture; notes on social organisation. 2 boxes, 11 items. Diagrams, illustrations, tables. Handwritten, (photocopy).

Notebooks and vocabularies, 1910-1912 (W.A.) and 1926-1931 (N.S.W.). Port Hedland and Sydney, 1910-1912, 1926-1931.

NOTEBOOKS AND VOCABULARIES, 1910-1931

 BOX 1

Item:

1. North-west N.S.W. tribes. Tribes of New South Wales: listing of tribes; English-Aboriginal and Aboriginal-English kinship vocabulary in the following languages: Amberu, Anewan, Banbai, Birpai, Wanyawalku (S.A.), Burgati, Dangati, Kattang, Kumbaingeri, Kwiambal, Ngaku, Ngiamba, Warimai, Yiegera, Yukumbil, Yuungai, Kamilaroi and Kamilaroi W., Kogai, Weilwan, Wiradjuri N.W. [57] 1.
    
2. Dangati vocabulary, Bellbrook, November, 1929: Dangati-English alphabetical vocabulary, 113 entries. [29] 1.
    
3. North West division tribes, Western Australia. Languages of Western Australia: Aboriginal-English vocabulary, total of 179 entries, in the following languages; Bailgu, Baiong, Binigura, Ngaluma (1 only), Tjuroro, Nyamal, Talaindji, Targari, Wajeri (1 only). [45] 1.
    
4. Northern coast of N.S.W., 1915-1916: notes from various publications, mainly R.H. Mathews; information on the location of various tribes; kinship terms and vocabulary in several languages including Muruwarri, Ngiamba, Kurnu, Baderi, Birria, Wongaibon, Munbara and Kamilaroi. [106] 1.
    
5. North coast N.S.W.: brief notes from publications, kinship terms in Yukumbil, Yagara, Kidjabal, Minjangbal; notes on increase ceremonies; notes on informants, kinship terms and vocabulary in Bardi, Bandjur, Yukuinbil, Bandjalang, Baiang, Kumbainggeri, Yagara, Thangati, Kattang, Burgati, Birpai and others; copy of  Davis, George R. The Aborigines of Australia: their birthrights and lines of life. [178]1.
    
6. North coast N.S.W. and S.E. Queensland: itinerary; lists of informants beginning Bellbrook November, 1929; kinship terms; drawings of weapons; vocabulary notes in various languages including Dangati, Bandjalang, Kattang, Kuinbaingeri, Anewan, Birpai, Wangan, Banbai; list of languages spoken in the visited area. [179] 1.

BOX 2

Item:

7. New England, 1930: notes on informants, kinship terms and vocabulary in Anewan, Bandjalang, Yukambal, Burgati. [69] 1.
    
8. Notebook 1. New South Wales, 1930: notes on social organisation of various tribes [listed] elicited from a number of informants; kinship terms; marriage taboos; some vocabulary; languages include Yualarai, Kamilaroi, Weilwan, Ngiaraba, Mari, Kogai, Muruwari.
    
9. South Australia, mainly Adelaide and Fowlers Bay: names of informants; kinship terms; vocabulary; tribes mentioned include Yaralde, Tanganalum. [155] 1.
    
10. South Australia: kinship notes; informants; Yaralde marriage rules and kinship terms; weapons and decorative art; notes on publications; lecture notes. [93] 1.
     
11. Western Australia: kinship and vocabulary in Buduna, Targari, Ingarda, Baiong, Maia; social organisation Maia, Baiong; notes on sociology. [66] 1.

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