Great Dividing Range: Vocabulary of the Omeo tribe, c 1859

Summary: 
Ngarigu words collected by John H Pettit in 'Letters home to England'
Description: 

Pettit was appointed Assistant Surveyor in the Survey Department in September 1856. He was responsible for selecting the route and overseeing the construction of the road to the Omeo gold diggings in the Victorian highlands.

Full catalogue record available online at: http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110360750.

Location: 
Original Date Description: 
c 1859
Language: 
Ngarigu
Identifier: 
B 1418, pp 149–50