Pioneering days of Miriam Vale and district', Queensland by W. G. Blomfield, 1946-1947 - Page 59
Primary tabs
Transcription
yard, & he walked straight to his GUNYA: Bunda's was at the far side, & he went in a half circle to his.
Away North at MATARANK in the Northern Territory they had eight 8 subsections of marriage thus
MALE FEMALE DJIMARA NIMARA DJIMEGA NOMEJA DJUMBOJINA NOBIJINA DJANAMA NANAGOO DJALJERI NALGERI DJURGALA NUNGALA DJUNGAREE NONGAREE DJULAMA NDALA
Counting was not the abos long suit; like what BUNDA called his fowls "the CROWS" they could count NU-LA one, BOOL-LA two, & after that it was BOMBOYNE, & if it was a big mob of anything it was "BOMBOYNE BOMBOYNE". GOONINNIE is small GOONINNIE GOONINNIE is very small. GOONINNIE THUVIL (child) was a baby GOONINNIE BULBUM a calf