A Glance at the Manners, and Language of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Western Australia; with a Short Vocabulary: 23rd March, 1833 single work   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 1833... 1833 A Glance at the Manners, and Language of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Western Australia; with a Short Vocabulary: 23rd March, 1833
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Lyon compares and contrasts words in what he calls the 'Swan River Dialect' or 'Derbalese' and the 'King George's Sound [Dialect]' and includes a comprehensive discussion on the language and a list of the vocabulary 'of the language of Derbal.'

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First known date: 1833
Serialised by: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1833 newspaper (138 issues)
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Serialised in The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal in four weekly instalments, 30 March 1833 to 20 April 1833.
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Subjects:
  • Perth, Western Australia,
  • Albany area, Albany - Denmark - Mount Barker area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,
  • 1830s
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