snapper

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
Borro burrah
English JS Main: 
snapper
English: 
a little Snapper
Category: 
fauna: fishes
Source: 
Bowman: Camden
Page: 
17
Line: 
36
Respelt: 
båru bara
Part of speech: 
phrase
Date: 
1835
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] ‘Burrabru’ Bara baru = ‘The Spit’: Larmer HARBOUR 1853 [Mitchell pprs] [420:11] [SYD] ‘Borro burrah’ baru bara = ‘a little Snapper’: Bowman: Camden [17:36] [DG] ‘Bir-ra-bir-ra’ Bira bira = ‘The rock in the channel’: Anon [c:38:6] [BB] ‘Berá’: birá = ‘fish hook’: Dawes [b:17:12.1] [BB] ‘berara’: bira-ra = ‘some fish hooks (or the shells’: Dawes [b:29:14.2] [BB] ‘Bir-ra-bir-ra’: Bira-bira = ‘The rock in the channel’: Anon [c:38:6] [BB] ‘Birrur Birah’: Bira-bira = ‘Sow and Pigs’: Larmer HARBOUR 1853 [419:14] [BB] ‘Birra-birragal-leon’: Bira-bira-galyån = ‘Her tribe’ (’Gony-ar-a’): Anon [c:5:13] [BB] ‘Bur-ra’: bara = ‘A fish-hook’: King in Hunter [407.2:2] [BB] ‘bur-ra’: bara = ‘A hook’: Collins 1 [507.2:1] [BB] ‘bur-ra’: bara = ‘Fish Hook’: Southwell [147.2:29] [BB] ‘barra’: bara = ‘a fish hook’: Bowman: Camden [21:119] [DG?]
Source Details: 
JAMES BOWMAN. Macarthur Papers, Miscellaneous Papers, A4286, CY reel 2358, pp.13-22, Mitchell Library, Sydney. c.1824-46 The first brief section of 18 words seems to be from the area around Surgeon James Bowman’s 12,000 acre property ’Ravensworth’ (Bulgara), between Singleton and Muswellbrook. ’Ashton’s Farm’ (Mong Mon gell) was close to Singleton. Bowman (1784-1846) married Elizabeth, second daughter of John and Elizabeth Macarthur of ’Camden Park’ (Benkennie). [CY Reel 2358, frame 89] The second, more extensive, section is presumably an Aboriginal vocabulary from the Camden area, compiled by a member of the Macarthur family, probably Bowman or perhaps William Macarthur. Dr. James Kohen (personal comment 9 October 2001) believes the main list is the Darug language. Transcribed by Keith V. Smith, October 2001