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9670602
  • Title
    Item 4: Translation of Early Hunting : Talk by an Aboriginal / Barhunji Tribe, east of the Darling New South Wales
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date
    probably 1930s
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    9670602
  • Physical Description
    1 audio file (3 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (88 kHz, 24 bit)
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
    Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji country covers the plains southwest of Broken Hill from near Tandou Lake; southwestward to Mount Bryan and Burra Creek, northwest of Morgan, South Australia; and chiefly extending eastward to within a few miles of the Darling River.

    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. "D12: Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji". AustLang. Accessed 16 March 2023. https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/d12
  • Scope and Content
    A Barhunji man translates into English his account spoken in his mother tongue. He explains how he was taught to hunt by his grandparents when he was a child. He describes being taught to hunt and cook prey, how to make fire, nets, spears and boomerangs.
  • Language
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note
    Title as provided on item
  • Attributions / conjectures
    Recorded by Sound Recording Studios Ltd. 160 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
  • Subject
  • Open Rosetta viewer

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