swan
Language:
Australian:
Mulgo
English JS Main:
swan
English:
The black Swan the size of an English Swan Native name Mulgo
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The bird is painted dark grey-black heavily overlaid with black hatched lines, except for white patches on the wings and the red bill and patch around the eye. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Sub-category:
water
Source:
Painters
Line:
12351.2
Respelt:
mul-gu
Part of speech:
noun
Meaning Clue:
"Mulgo" mulgu = "The black Swan the size of an English Swan Native name Mulgo..." swan black: Painters [::] [BB]
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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NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith.
the page numbers entered by JS
Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 351 : "Black Swan", native name "Mulgo" / Port Jackson Painter
[Keith Smith comment: mulgo, mulgoa Collins)"[mul-go: Collins I: 512.3: JS}; no ’mul-goa’]