An Australian language as spoken by the Awabakal, the people of Awaba or Lake Macquarie (near Newcastle, New South Wales) : being an account of their language, traditions, and customs / by L.E. Threlkeld ; re-arranged, condensed, and edited with an appendix by John Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Threlkeld, L. E. (Lancelot Edward), 1788-1859.

Contributor:

Fraser, John R. S., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian languages.

Aboriginal Australians--Languages.

Aboriginal Australians.

Ethnology--Australia--New South Wales.

Ethnology.

New South Wales.

Physical Description:

lxiv pages, 1 unnumbered page, x, 227, 148 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, color map., portraits (1 color) ; cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney : C. Potter, Govt. Print, 1892.

Contents:

pt. 1. The Grammar and the Key.

pt. 2. The Gospel by Luke translated into the language of the Awabakal.

pt. 3. An Awabakal-English lexicon to the Gospel according to Saint Luke.

pt. 4. Appendix: A short grammar and vocabulary of the dialect spoken by the Minyug people / H. Livingstone. Grammar of the language spoken by the Narrinyeri tribe in S. Australia / G. Taplin. Grammar of the language spoken by the aborigines of Western Australia. Grammar and vocabulary for the aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri / Archdeacon Günther. Prayers in the Awabakal dialect / by W.G. Broughton. Kamilaroi sayings / Mr. Ridley. Specimens of a dialect of the aborigines of New South Wales /L.E. Threlkeld.

Notes:

In 4 pts; pt. 1 has reproduction of the original title pages to the Grammar (1834) and the Key (1850); pts. 2-3 have each special title pages.

OCLC:

187474953