Field Notebook E6 - Lower Murray and Adelaide Regions [Kaurna, Wirangu, Yaraldi, Tanganekald, Kokatha, Ngarrindjeri, Dadi Dadi, Wemba Wemba, Waka Waka, Ramindjeri, Buandig]

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Language Groups: Kaurna, Wirangu, Yaraldi, Tanganekald, Kokatha, Ngarrindjeri, Rangurinjeri], Dadi Dadi, Wemba Wemba, Waka Waka, Ramindjeri, [?Warki], [?Krumakan], Buandig.

This notebook of 100 pages, contains handwritten entries in pencil on the social organisation of the language groups of the Lower Murray and Adelaide regions. At the front section of the notebook, two pages contain title or brief sentence on sociology or psychology.
 
Radcliffe-Brown primarily records the language group, clan, place/s, kinship, cells and totemism of many named individuals from a number of language groups.

Many places are recorded including the following: South Australia, Adelaide, Victoria, Fowlers Bay, Kingston, New South Wales, Goolwa, Murray River - mouth of the Murray River, The Coorong, Lake Albert, [?Pt Malcolm], Loveday, Murrumbidgee River, Lachlan River, Murray - Darling Junction, Rumply Point, Lake Alexandrine, Milang, Pt Stuart, Tailem Bend, Point Sturt, McGrath's Flat, Port Lincoln, and Cape Jervis.

Sketches:
1. Map on inside rear cover: (Citing Peter Sutton) shows the divisions of clan territory along a promontory (presumably Point Malcolm) between the Albert Passage and Lake Alexandrina. Clan names recorded are from the point westwards: Karatindjerar, Piltindjerar, Yankinjerar and Mulberapera.
2. Handrawn sketch of hand signifying 'insult in Yarilde'.

Reference cited by Radcliffe Brown The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines by Mrs James Smith (Adelaide. E Spiller 1880)

Smith, James, Mrs., approximately 1812-1893. 1912, The Booandik tribe of South Australian Aborigines : a sketch of their habits, customs, legends, and language ; also an account of the efforts made by Mr. and Mrs. James Smith to Christianise and civilise them / by Mrs. James Smith. South East Book Promotions Inc. Mount Gambier, S. Aust. https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3041877  Accessed 29/01/2024