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Notebooks of William Dawes (MS 41645)

Notebooks of William Dawes, one dated 1790, comprising grammatical forms and vocabularies of the language spoken in the area around Sydney, New South Wales Australia.

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Full title:	Notebooks of William Dawes (MS 41645) [electronic resource].
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	1790.
Series:	SOAS Digital Library. ASC. DISCIP. REGIONS. DLIN. RPOA. DAWES. IASC. ILOA. R_AUS.
Subjects:	Dharug language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Dawes, William, 1762-1836. Aboriginal Australians -- Languages. Austronesian and Oceanic languages. Cultural interaction. Grammar. Indigenous populations. Languages. Lexicography. Linguistics. Military personnel. Vocabularies.
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Summary:	Notebooks of William Dawes, one dated 1790, comprising grammatical forms and vocabularies of the language spoken in the area around Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The notebooks are catalogued as manuscript 41645 parts (a), (b), and (c), although they are in the physical form of just two notebooks. William Dawes wrote manuscripts (a) and (b) and they contain words, translations, snippets of conversations, descriptions and explanations of expressions and situations, and some sketchy maps. Prominently figuring in these manuscripts is a young Dharuk (Darug) woman, Patyegarang (often Dawes calls her 'Patye').
Language:	English
Published:	1790.
Subjects:	Dharug language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Dawes, William, 1762-1836. Aboriginal Australians > Languages. Austronesian and Oceanic languages. Cultural interaction. Grammar. Indigenous populations. Languages. Lexicography. Linguistics. Military personnel. Vocabularies.
Series:	SOAS Digital Library. ASC. DISCIP. REGIONS. DLIN. RPOA. DAWES. IASC. ILOA. R_AUS.
Production Credits:	Archivist's Note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: Manuscripts in the British Isles relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, ed Phyllis Mander-Jones (1972); Fleeting Encounters: Pictures and Chronicles of the First Fleet (1995); British Library OPAC.
Access:	Manuscript is fragile. Please consult digital copy. [cc by-nc] This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial License.