Central Australian Dialect. Letter and Unpublished Manuscript

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    Letter to Dr. Cleland 2/6/31 and vocabularies
    (2013-07-09)
    DB sends Prof. J. C. Cleland local variations of C.A.[Central Australian?]mobs' dialects 2.6.1931. Includes Wirongu wongga, Bulu wongga and Wongaii wonga from S.W. Western Australia and Western Bight area of South Australia. There is some discussion of marriage laws and the fair and dark divisions among the groups.