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South Australia
Language resources for South Australia
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A grammar of Diyari, South Australia [catalogue record]
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SERIES 05: George Augustus Robinson Aboriginal vocabularies, 1830-1866
Consult these vocabularies for Aboriginal languages from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
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Herbert Basedow - Papers, 1856-1932, 1941; with incidental papers of Professor Ralph Tate, 1879-1899
Find word lists for Diyari and Wangkangurru languages in these papers.
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Vocabulary of the Narangga tribe of the Lower Yorke peninsula, collected from George & Louisa Egginton, ca. 1899-1905
Find words from the language of the Narungga people using this vocabulary.
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Volume 1: 'Australian Comparative Vocabulary' by Edward M. Curr, 1881
Consult this vocabulary to find out about the languages of the Kaurna, Nauo, Parnkalla, Paakantyi, Wirangu and Nukunu communities.
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Volume 65 Item 07 : Vocabulary of the Adelaide Tribe by John Philip Gell, 1842 Use this vocabulary to study the language of the Kaurna people.
Use this vocabulary to study the language of the Kaurna people.
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The word lists of Indigenous languages in these resources were compiled by non-Indigenous explorers, surveyors, first settlers, missionaries, anthropologists and linguists. There may be inaccuracies or errors in translation.
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Rediscovering indigenous languages
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Rediscovering indigenous languages
Visit the Rediscovering Indigenous Languages website to find out more about Indigenous languages. You can be part of the revitalisation of Indigenous languages through the collections of the State Library of New South Wales.