- Bib ID:
- 2268690
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Threlkeld, L. E. (Lancelot Edward), 1788-1859
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. FRM F1147 (NL) copy
- Description:
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- Sydney, New South Wales : printed at the 'Monitor Office,' by Arthur Hill, [1827?]
- 27 pages ; 25 cm.
- Series:
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK44
- Summary:
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Orthography and grammar of the language of the Port Macquarie region, NSW; extensive use of examples of spoken language; includes account of the Lake Macquarie Mission; first published work dealing exclusively with an Aboriginal language.
- Notes:
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- National Library of Australia's FRM F1147 copy half bound with burled leather boards; bears the armorial "Bibliotheca Lindesiana" bookplate ('Endure Fort'); G. Hazard (Sydney) bookseller's label pasted inside front cover.
- National Library of Australia's FC F1147 copy in original blue paper wrappers; alpha-numeric pencil annotations in the margin of page 4.
- National Library of Australia's NK 44 copy in original blue paper wrappers which are inscribed in ink, F.W. Bigge (possibly Moreton Bay pioneer grazier, Frederic William Bigge (1817-1892)); in custom-made blue Baytnun box with gilt lettering and decorations; box carries the bookplate of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1827/1).
- National Library of Australia's MS 3228 copy is no. 3 of 6 in a volume with the title: Collection of six works, [18--]. Bound subsequent to publication; interleaved with marginal notes by Mr. George Bennet.
- FRM F1147 (NL) copy also available online: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1711000
- English and Awabakal.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 1147
- Subject:
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