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GÜNTHER, James: Wiradhuri vocabulary


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 6

Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Title: GÜNTHER, James: Wiradhuri vocabulary

Date(s): 1839-1871

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 item

Name of creator(s): Günther | James | fl 1839-1871 | clergyman

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

James Günther was a clergyman in Australia, c 1839-1971. In 1871 he was curate of St John's Parsonage, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Vocabulary of the Indigenous Australian dialect, Wiradhuri, collected by James Günther, 1839, including notes on grammar, added by Günther, in 1840 and 24 Aug 1871.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Wiradhuri

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.

Physical characteristics:

19 x 12 cm; marbled paper boards, leather spine and corners.

Finding aids:

Hand list available in the Institute's Reading Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of copies:

1 positive and 1 negative microfilm copy.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Dictionaries | Reference materials | Books | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Grammar | Linguistics
Indigenous populations | Ethnic groups
Austronesian and Oceanic languages

Personal names
Günther | James | fl 1839-1871 | clergyman

Corporate names

Places
Australia | Oceania