pelican
Language:
Australian:
Karr-ang-a-ba
English JS Main:
pelican
English:
Native name Karr-ang-a-ba," / "Scale of three Feet" ;"The Extent from the tip of one wing to the other 7 feet
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The bird has a yellow bill, with a yellow patch around the eye. The body is predominantly white overlaid with grey hatched lines, except for black areas on the wing and back. The legs are blue-grey. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Sub-category:
water
Source:
Painters
Line:
12357
Respelt:
garangaba
Part of speech:
noun
Meaning Clue:
‘car-rang-a bo mur-ray’ garangabu mari = ‘pelican’: Collins 1 [512.1:4] [BB]
‘Karr-ang-a-ba’ garangaba = (pelican): Painters [12357] [BB]
’garång-Gurång’ = ‘Pelican’: Kre [130:53.1];
‘goolagerie’ gulagirai = ‘Pelican’: Curr, E.M.: 3 [400.1:8] [WIRA]
‘[...guliah]’: galiya = ‘Pelican’: AL&T Greenway (Ridley) [235:5.1] [KML]
Source Details:
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002
Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814?
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The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry.
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Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription.
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the page numbers entered by JS
Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 357 : "White Pelican", native name "Karr-ang-a-ba" / Port Jackson Painter]