Stories from Two Native Tribes of Eastern Australia
Description:... Notes on structure of morphology, syntax & metasyntax of Kattang & Thangatti languages; Kattang text translations of 19 stories; hunting, fishing, ghosts, etc., including Story about Coopalourripa initiation site; 8 lines Kattang corroboree song; 8 lines corroboree song - two-up song (idenitifed as being from Shepparton by Reay - includes four Bandjalang words); 14 lines Bandjalang dialect; Thangatti texts, conversations, 11 stories including Dreamtime, snakes, humans, ghosts, etc., 5 lines corroboree song; Story of Kempsey Fig Tree in Eng.; Tape recordings made.
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