Specimens of a dialect, of the Aborigines of New South Wales : being the first attempt to form their speech into a written language / by L.E. Threlkeld
- 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
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Language - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Verbs
- Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Sentences
- Language - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Interrogatives
- Language - Linguistics - Phonology - Pronunciation
- Language - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Pronouns
- Awabakal language (S66) (NSW SI56-05)
- Lake Macquarie (NSW N Coast SI56-05)
- Subject:
- Awabakal language
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1913
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1827
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