Central Western Plains: Scripture lesson in Aboriginal language, c 1850
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He began to study Aboriginal languages and, while on a preaching tour of the Liverpool Plains, took a special interest in Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi)Description:
After arriving in Australia in 1849, William Ridley worked as classics master at the Australian College in Sydney. He was later ordained by as a Presbyterian minister, and served at Balmain, Dungog and then New England. He began to study Aboriginal languages and, while on a preaching tour of the Liverpool Plains, took a special interest in Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi). By the late 1850s he had gathered enough language material to write scripture lessons that were published as Gurre Kamilaroi, or Kamilaroi Sayings in 1855.
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ca. 1850Contributor:
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GamilaraaySource:
Transferred from the Australian Museum, SydneyIdentifier:
Aa 52, item 3, pp 4–5; FL601483Type:
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