'Australian comparative vocabulary'

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Summary: 
'Australian comparative vocabulary' collected by Edward Micklethwaite Curr.
Description: 

The full catalogue record is online at http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110368271

Related Items: 
'Kangaroo' installation
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Community: 
State Library of NSW
Protocol: 
State Library of NSW - Open Protocol
Category: 
Country & Culture, Languages
Keywords: 
vocabulary
Collections: 
'Living Language: Country, Culture, Community' exhibition
Original Date Description: 
1881
Creator: 
Aboriginal language custodians across Australia not recorded
Contributor: 
Edward Micklethwaite Curr
Language: 
Australian languages
Identifier: 
MLMSS 2286/3X
Type: 
JPEG
Format: 
Image
Related Digital Heritage Items: 
Kangaroo installation crop.jpg

'Kangaroo' installation

Category: 
Country & Culture, Languages
Summary: 
Each word for ‘kangaroo’ in more than 180 Australian languages was extracted from the original hand-written version of Curr’s compendium of Aboriginal languages.
Community: 
State Library of NSW