'Kangaroo' installation

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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.
Location: 
Location Description: 

Nambucca Heads, NSW

Related Items: 
'Australian comparative vocabulary'
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Community: 
State Library of NSW
Protocol: 
State Library of NSW - Open Protocol
Category: 
Country & Culture, Languages
Keywords: 
kangaroo, vocabulary
Collections: 
'Living Language: Country, Culture, Community' exhibition
Original Date Description: 
1881
Creator: 
Aboriginal language custodians across NSW, not recorded
Contributor: 
Edward Micklethwaite Curr
Source: 
'Living Language' exhibition
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPEG
Related Digital Heritage Items: 
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'Australian comparative vocabulary'

Category: 
Country & Culture, Languages
Summary: 
'Australian comparative vocabulary' collected by Edward Micklethwaite Curr.
Community: 
State Library of NSW