Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.
We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.
THIS ITEM CONTAINS RESTRICTED MATERIAL
This item is the second of two volumes of genealogies collected whilst on the Harvard and Adelaide Universities expedition which commenced in May 1938 and concluded in May 1939. This item is a bound volume containing six books of genealogical information.
Book One is titled 'Woorabinda, QLD', and contains thirteen pages of genealogies from Woorabinda (pp. A-1 to A-13).
Book Two is titled 'Kempsey, NSW, Wallaga Lake NSW and Lake Tyers, VIC', and contains a total of ten pages of genealogies, numbered by Birdsell A-1 to A-10. This item contains half a page of genealogical data from Kempsey (A-1), two pages from Wallaga Lake (A-1 to A-3) and seven and a half pages from Lake Tyers (A-3 to A-10). There are five pages of notes 'The Last of the Victorian Aborigines' by P Leason, painter', notes on the 'Tribes Represented at Lake Tyers' District, and information about the Aboriginal Stations at Wallaga Lake and Lake Tyers.
Book Three is titled 'Point McLeay, S.A., Point Pearce, S.A.' and contains a total twenty-four pages of genealogies, numbered by Birdsell A-1 to X-1. There are sixteen pages of genealogies from Point McLeay (A-1 to P-1) and eight pages of genealogies from Point Pearce (Q-1 to X-1). There are two pages of notes containing information about Point Pearce and Point McLeay Aboriginal Stations, and a further eleven pages of data which contains information as to causes of death from the 1860s to 1930s.
Book Four is titled 'Western Australian Book I', and contains a total of twenty-four genealogies, numbered by Birdsell A-1 to A-24. There is one page of genealogies from Collie (A-1), five and a half pages from Gnowangerup (A-2 to A-7), one page from Borden (A-7 to A-8), one and a half pages from Albany (A-8), three pages from Mount Barker (A-10 to A-12), two pages from Narrogin (A-12 to A-13), four and a half pages from Moore River (A-14 to A-19), one and a half pages from Southern Cross (A-19 to A-20) and four pages from Mount Margaret (A-21 to A-24). There is also one page of notes about the Aboriginal Station at Gnowangerup.
Book Five is titled 'Western Australia Book II', and contains a total of four pages of genealogies. These have been numbered by Birdsell B-1 to B-4. There is half a page of genealogies from Mount Margaret (B-1), one page from Laverton (B-1 to B-2), two pages from Norseman (B-2 to B-4) and half a page from Nullarbor (B-4). There is also three pages of notes about Aboriginal Stations at Gnowangerup, Moore River and Mount Margaret.
Book Six is titled 'Koonibba, S.A., Port Augusta, S.A., Menindee, N.S.W., Swan Reach, S.A', and contains a total of twelve pages of genealogies. These have been numbered by Birdsell A-1 to A-12. There is seven pages from Koonibba (A-1 to A-7), one and a half pages from Port Augusta (A-8 to A-9), one and a half pages from Menindee (A-10), and two pages from Swan Reach (A-11 to A-12). There is also one page of notes about the Aboriginal Station at Koonibba.
There are 87 pages of genealogical data 25 pages of notes, and 178 blank pages. This item was previously identified as 'Birdsell Collection Notebook 34'.