Series 6: ‘Possibly short stories’ [Ngargalulla/Ngargalula (spirit babies) legends]
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The Barr Smith Library recognises the moral rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the owners of their knowledge. To this end, Special Collections is digitising the Daisy Bates Papers in our collections to enhance access for people who cannot travel to Adelaide. Please be aware that this site may contain sensitive information, including the names and images of people who have passed away and which may sadden and distress some Aboriginal people. This site may also contain language and terms used by an author that reflect an inappropriate attitude due to the historical context in which these records were created.
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Item Restricted Series 6, 22 - "Water conserved in tree boles..." ms. notes.(2015-06-16) Bates, DaisyManuscript notes about spiritual beliefs of the Broome (W.A.) area.Item Restricted Series 6, 21 - Broome area items. Typescript, with ms. corrections (some duplicates)(2015-06-16) Bates, Daisy"Broome area items" include notes on customs, sorcery, class divisions,initiation, spiritual beliefs (the ngargalula), a translation of the Lord's Prayer as well as words and phrases in Billingee's language of the north west. (D.M.B. hoped to use some of this material for short stories, possibly for children)Item Restricted Series 6, 20 - Billingee's information. Typescript with some duplicates.(2015-06-16) Bates, DaisyNgilgee, a female informant from S.W. Western Australia adds some information to the beliefs about birth and totems from Billingee in the North West area around Broome.Item Restricted Series 6, 19 - Twilight Cove area - "the belief that procreation has nothing to do with conception..." Typescript, with some ms. corrections(2015-06-16) Bates, DaisyBeliefs about birth, spirit babies or ngargalula in North West W.A. and in Twilight Cove on the Great Australian Bight.Item Restricted Series 6, 18 - Ngargalula - Sunday Island beliefs. ms. (1p.) + typescript (1p.)(2015-06-16) Bates, DaisyAn account in which Sunday Island (Buccaneer Archipelago, W.A.)beliefs link the ngargalula with other spirits.Item Restricted Series 6, 17 - Esperance. also Willilambi beliefs. Typescript(2015-06-16) Bates, DaisyBirth beliefs from Esperance (W.A.)and Willilambi (Twilight Cove), at Eyre, part-way between Eucla and Esperance (W.A.). Also from Sunday Island, off Cape Leveque (W.A.)Item Restricted Series 6, 16 - Leeberr, a great sorcerer. Typescript(2015-06-16) Bates, Daisy"Leeberr, a great sorcerer" contains further notes about totems, ngargalula spirit babies in the Broome (W.A.) districtItem Restricted Series 6, 15 - The queer fish and the queer baby. Typescript.(2015-06-15) Bates, DaisyA story from the Broome (W.A.)coast about a ngargalula spirit childItem Restricted Series 6, 14 - The story of Wandagarra. Typescript(2015-06-15) Bates, DaisyFurther description of customs and beliefs about birth, ngargalula, totems and class divisions, in particular Wandagarra, a Banaka man from the Broome (W.A.) area.Item Restricted Series 6, 13 - Ngargalulla - "Baby's father looks all round..." ms., with some typescript(2015-06-15) Bates, DaisyA collection of pages in manuscript and typescript regarding spirit life , totems, Yamminga ancestor spirit knowledge, ngargalula and ranjee stories and customsItem Restricted Series 6, 12 - Ngargalulla items. Typescript.(2015-06-15) Bates, DaisyFurther information regarding Ngargalula,ranjee matters and the Yamminga ancestor timesItem Restricted Series 6, 11 - Ngargalulla - "In the northern coastal districts..."(2015-04-17) Bates, Daisy"Ngargalulla - Broome area", first collected in 1901-2, describes the spirit beliefs surrounding the birth of children or spirit babies, the allocation of class divisions and totems.Item Restricted Series 6, 10 - Ngargalula - Billingee - "When the ngargalula are asked..."(2015-04-17) Bates, Daisy"Ngargalula - Billingee (male informant) describes the spirit beliefs around birth and the class divisions of the people of the Broome (W.A.) area.Item Restricted Series 6, 9 - Northern Kimberley - "I cannot find any evidence..."(2015-04-17) Bates, Daisy"Broome, Northern Kimberley" describes the aboriginal spirit beliefs around birth, initiation and deathItem Restricted Series 6, 8 - Spirits (North-west) - "There are three kinds of ranjee..."(2015-04-17) Bates, Daisy"Spirits - North West" describes the 3 types of spirit beliefs in the Broome (W.A.)area.Item Restricted Series 6, 7 - Ngargalula - "A special circumstance..."(2015-04-17) Bates, Daisy"Ngargalula: a special circumstance..." describes the birth legend of Leeberr's Kaimera people around Broome (W.A.)and how totems were inherited.Item Restricted Series 6, 6 - "A man has no ranjee..."(2015-04-17) Bates, DaisyNgargalula and other spirit beliefs from Broome (W.A.)Item Restricted Series 6, 5 - Pindara ngargalula. Typescript.(2015-04-17) Bates, DaisyPindana Ngargalula: this extract is the birth legend of the Pindana people, east of Broome (W.A.)Item Restricted Series 6, 4 - Ngargalula - "In the Yamminga times..."(2015-04-17) Bates, Daisy"Ngargalula" or spirit babies legend retold for children. Page 7 is headed "Pindana Ngargalula" and contains similar material from the Pindana group who lived inland east of Broome (W.A.). Manuscript draft of "Ngargalula" is included.Item Restricted Series 6, 3 - Pen drawings: 10 original illustrations depicting aboriginal children. Two letters to Daisy Bates (signed typescripts) from A.A. Bartholomew, Oxford University Press, dated 11 and 15 October 1945, concerning Ngargalulla sketches.(2015-04-17) Bates, DaisyTen illustrations for publishing with the Spirit babies story. 2 letters from E.E. Bartholomew manager of O.U.P. in Melbourne (Vic.)dated 11 and 15 October, 1945