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
- Bib ID:
- 795974
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Threlkeld, L. E. (Lancelot Edward), 1788-1859, author
- Description:
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- Sydney, [New South Wales] : Charles Potter, Govt. Printer, 1892
- lxiv, x, 227, 148 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations, folded map, portraits ; 22 cm.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- Part 1. An Australian grammar : comprehending the principles and natural rules of the language, as spoken by the aborigines, in the vicinity of Hunter's River, Lake Macquarie, &c. New South Wales / L.E. Threlkeld [1834]
- A key to the structure of the aboriginal language : being an analysis of the particles used as affixes, to form the various modifications of the verbs ; shewing the essential powers, abstract roots, and other peculiarities of the language spoken by the aborigines in the vicinity of Hunter River, lake Macquarie, etc., New South wales / L.E. Threlkeld [1850]
- Part 2. The gospel by St. Luke translated into the language of the Awabakal / L.E. Threlkeld [1891]
- Part 3. An Awabakal-English lexicon to the gospel according to Saint Luke / L.E. Threlkeld [1892]
- Part 4. Appendix A. A short grammar and vocabulary of the dialect spoken by the Minyung people of the north-east coast of New South Wales / H. Livingstone
- B. Grammar of the language spoken by the Narrinyeri tribe in S. Australia / G. Taplin
- C. Grammar of the language spoken by the aborigines of Western Australia
- D. Grammar and vocabulary of the aboriginal dialect called the Wirradhuri
- E. Prayers in the Awabakal dialect
- F. Gurre Kamilaroi 'Kamilaroi sayings'
- G. Specimens of a dialect of the aborigines of New South Wales : being the first attempt to form their speech into a written langauge.
- Notes:
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- With: The Gospel by St. Luke, translated into the language of the Awabakal / by L.E. Threlkeld. -- An Awabakal-English lexicon to the Gospel according to Saint Luke / by L.E. Threlkeld.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 17144
- Subject:
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- Awabakal language S66
- Awabakal people (S66) (NSW SI56-05)
- Minyangbal language E18
- Minjungbal / Minyangbal people (E18) (NSW SH56-03)
- Ngarrindjeri language S69
- Ngarrindjeri / Narrinjeri people (S69) (SA SI54-13)
- Wiradjuri language D10
- Wiradjuri people (D10) (NSW SI55-07)
- Yugambeh language E17
- Yugambeh / Yugumbir people (E17) (Qld SG56-15)
- Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax
- Language - Texts and translations - non-Aboriginal to Aboriginal language
- Language - Vocabulary
- Aboriginal Australians -- Languages
- Australian languages -- Dictionaries -- English
- Awabakal language
- Ethnology -- New South Wales
- Lake Macquarie (NSW N Coast SI56-05)
- Newcastle (NSW N Coast SI56-02)
- North East South Australia (NE SA SG54, SH54)
- South East South Australia (SE SA SI54, SJ54)
- Southwest New South Wales (SW NSW SI54, SI55)
- South West Western Australia (SW WA SH50, SI50)
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- 1892
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