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Champ, W. (MS 38)

Aboriginal vocabulary, comprising the Ballaarat, Bacchus Marsh, Melbourne and Gipps Land: dialects with a selection of dialogues and familiar phrases. Pentridge, 1862

2 vols. 31.5 x 20.5 cm

Handwritten, in black and red; two columns

Grey-green cloth boards, dull red leather spines and covers; lettered on upper covers on off-white labels (title); on red-white labels: Intercolonial Exhibition, Melbourne, 1866 – Number 503: exhibited by Col. W. Champ; on white label (1): Exhibited by W. Champ

2. Title: Supplement to the aboriginal vocabulary, comprising the Mount Gambien and Wonnin dialects

Inserted: Mitchells vocabularies [of words having the same meaning in different parts of Australia], consisting of 14 handwritten tables. Handwritten note: For Col. Chump [sic] with Sir Redmond Barry's compliments. To be returned

 

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