Series IV, Section 1: Questions in Billingi's book
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2013-04-08
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Questions in Billingi’s book – manuscripts about customs and places and miscellaneous vocabulary from the N.W. (Beagle Bay, Fitzroy River, Roebourne, Nullagine and Broome area, W.A.) Family tree to fourth generation, vocabulary referring to boiling food before Europeans came, cannibalism, wood and procedures for fire-making, sourcing water from trees, sorcery, calculation of time, miscellaneous items such as relationship terms, animals etc., general vocabulary and short sentences.