Barn Da Na : Passing on the Message : Dialects of the Woiwurung [and] Cultural Comparisons (from the manuscript Barn Da Na) extract   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Barn Da Na : Passing on the Message : Dialects of the Woiwurung [and] Cultural Comparisons (from the manuscript Barn Da Na)
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Robert Mate Mate discusses the meaning of some words in the Woiwurung language and how they have been misunderstood by Europeans. Mate Mate also discusses how the ceremony of Tanderum was interpreted by John Batman as a treaty in 1835.

Notes

  • The extract was published in Australian Short Stories no. 42, 1993 with the co-operation of the author and Melbourne's Living Museum of the West.

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  • Aboriginal Woiwurrung Wurundjeri People are the Indigenous Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group AIATSIS Code: S36 VIC language
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