Language:
Sydney
Australian:
Burra-brœ
English:
The Spit, Middle Harbour
Category:
place: Harbour: islands
Source:
Larmer (RSNSW) SydHbr
Page:
229
Line:
21
Respelt:
Bara-baru
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1832
Meaning Clue:
‘Ba-ra(b-ba(-ra(’ bara bara = ‘The Mid-Rock: Southwell [148.1:10] [BB]
‘Burra-brœ’ Bara baru= ‘The Spit, Middle Harbour’: RSNSW 1898 [Larmer SydHbr] [229:24] [SYD]
Source Details:
LARMER, James: 1834
Larmer, J. (1898). "Native Vocabulary of Miscellaneous New South Wales Objects." Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales XXII: 223-229.
THIS IS A PRINTED LIST, FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF N.S.W.
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SEE ALSO HANDWRITTEN LIST
Larmer, James, 1853: Native Names of Points and Islands in Port Jackson.
Sir T.L.Mitchell Papers, v. 8.
Mitchell Library, A295, Part 3, pp 419, 420
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FROM INTERNET: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/cguide/sy/surgen13.htm
21.
Larmer's native vocabulary notebook and correspondence, 1834-53, CGS 13947
(Kingswood SZ1002; copy of Larmer's Native Vocabulary held by the Mitchell Library at SR Reel 3723). 1 bundle.
This bundle contains a rough draft of Larmer's work, in addition to his correspondence with J. Thompson, Assistant Deputy Surveyor General. There is also a small bound volume of 'Native Vocabulary', which gives the Aboriginal names of land marks in Port Jackson and the English translations for many Aboriginal words.
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