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Title
Notes on the natives of Australia and their dialects : made in New South Wales in December & January 1839-40
Creator
Horatio Hale, 1817-1896
Level of description
fonds
Date

December 1839-January 1840, 1880s
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
9653562
Physical Description
1 online resource - TIFF
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Horatio Hale was born in Newport, New Hampshire in 1817. He studied languages and literature at Harvard College, and was appointed philologist of the United States Exploring Expedition to the Pacific (1838-1842), led by Charles Wilkes.

Hale's notebook compiled during his visit to Australia includes transcriptions from the manuscripts of L.E. Threlkeld (Lake Macquarie), whose language consultant was Awabakal man Biraban; William Watson (Wellington Valley) and others; as well as notes made from observations and interviews with other Aboriginal people who were generous enough to share their language and culture with him.

The notebook formed the basis of the chapter titled 'The Languages of Australia' in his book 'Ethnography and Philology (Philadelphia, 1846). The notebook also includes a later entry, possibly added during the 1880s and related to his article 'Language as a Test of Mental Capacity' (1887). Hale died in Clinton, Ontario in 1896

References:
Belton, Tom. 'The dawn of the "chaotic account": Horatio Hale's Australia notebook and the development of anthropologists' field notes'. Western Libraries Publications, 9. 2009. Accessed 7 October 2020.

Carey, Hilary M. "Lancelot Threlkeld, Biraban, and the Colonial Bible in Australia." Comparative Studies in Society and History 52, no. 2 (2010): 447-78. Accessed January 19, 2021.

Fenton, William, N. 'Hale, Horatio Emmons', in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 12, University of Toronto. Accessed 7 October 2020. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hale_horatio_emmons_12E.html

Van Brenk, Debora. 'One-of-a-kind notebook off to Australian exhibit'. Western News. Western University, 22 July 2019. Accessed 7 October 2020. https://news.westernu.ca/2019/07/linguistics-notebook-journeys-to-australian-exhibit/
Scope and Content
Digitised copy of Horatio Hale's original notebook (approximately 250 pages; half leather, hollow back, bound volume; 19.7 x 13.0 cm).
Language
Australian languages, Awabakal language S66, Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language D23, Wiradjuri language D10
Copying Conditions
Approval for reproduction required: Archives and Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Original held by
Archives and Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. AFC 291
Subject
Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales.
Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--Languages
Australian languages--New South Wales--Vocabulary.
Awabakal language S66
Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language D23
Wiradjuri language D10
Biraban
Threlkeld, L. E. (Lancelot Edward), 1788-1859
Watson, William, 1793-1866.
Place
Lake Macquarie (N.S.W.)
Mudgee (N.S.W.)
Peel River (N.S.W.)
Wellington (N.S.W)
Exhibited in

Living Language: Country, Culture, Community
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