'Notebooks of William Dawes, one dated 1790, comprising grammatical forms and vocabularies of the language spoken in the neighbourhood of Sydney, New South Wales.'
Source: Catalogue record compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project, http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/19/5956.htm (sighted: 01/07/2009)
'[The notebooks] are of great importance to Aboriginal communities of New South Wales, to linguists, residents of Sydney, researchers trying to reach new understandings about Aboriginal Sydney, and many others. Following colonisation, Aboriginal languages around Sydney were destroyed so rapidly and comprehensively that Dawes' work remains a unique and key source. '
Source: David Nathan, Dawes Online: Interactive Digital Facsimile Edition of Dawes 1790 website, http://www.hrelp.org/dawes/ (sighted: 01/07/2009)
