GÜNTHER, James: Wiradhuri vocabulary

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1446 MS 6
Held at	: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.therai.org.uk/ ›
Full 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 & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and Wiradhuri

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

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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.

Finding aids:

Hand list available in the Institute's Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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