Issue Details: First known date: 1839... 1839 Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia
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  • Includes alphabetical list of words and their meaning.

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First known date: 1839
Serialised by: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 1833 newspaper (138 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in the Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal in six instalments 24, 31 August; 7, 14, 21 September; 12 October 1839. The serialisation seems not to have been completed. An advertisement announcing the publication of the Vocabulary in pamphlet form appears in the Gazette, 9 November 1839, and is repeated in subsequent issues over November and December 1839.
Notes:
Written as: Lieut. Grey, of H. M. 83rd Regiment.
    • Perth, Western Australia,: Charles Macfaull , 1839 .
      Alternative title: Vocabulary of the Dialects Spoken by the Aboriginal Races of S. W. Australia
      Extent: 21p.
      Note/s:
      • Cited In: Ferguson no. 2765. (Libraries Australia record.)
      • Advertised in the Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (9 November 1839): 177, as: 'Just Published, Vocabulary of the Dialects Spoken by the Aboriginal Races of S. W. Australia ; By Capt. G. Grey, 83rd Regt. This vocabulary is now published complete in a small pamphlet, and is ready for delivery at the Gazette Office, Perth.'
      • Libraries Australia records show variant titles for this edition.
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  • Western Australia,
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