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Latitude

2.3165

Longitude

121.7705

Start Date

1970-01-01

End Date

1970-01-01

These files were digitised and supplied in digital format with Australian content removed. Side A: Recordings in Scottish Gaelic by Captain Hector Mc Farlane, November 3rd 1958 Side B: Nguna, Javanese, Nauru, Tamil, Bengali Notes from Newton report: Side 1: Gaelic - No further details. -- Capell visited some of the following areas in mid 1950s: -- Gogobera = Koko Pera. Mouth of the Nassau River, Cape York Peninsula, Qld. -- Waramanga = Waramungu, a Northern Central Aboriginal language, NT. -- Gaididj - Language of the Arandic Group at Murchison Ranges, Central Australia. -- Lockhart River corroborees - Mission Station, East Cape York Peninsula, Qld. Local language is Umpila. See also tape 122. -- Munggan South and North - Wik-Mungkana, spoken south of the Archer River, West Cape York Peninsula, Qld. -- Linngitigh - Aritinnithigh also indicated on box cover. These languages are spoken south of Weipa, West Cape York Peninsula, Qld. -- Gogomindjah = Jir Joront, language spoken about mouth of the Coleman River, West Cape York Peninsula, Qld. -- Gogobera - See above. -- Taiyor = Thaayorre is spoken east of Edwards River, East Cape York Peninsula, Qld. -- Some corroborees, Mitchell River - A number of Coastal and Central Pama languages are spoken on the Mitchell River, Cape York Peninsula, Qld. See also tapes 122. -- Side 2: Nguna - Austronesian language of North Efate Island and offshore islands, Vanuatu (see also tapes 202A-C, 416). -- Javanese - Pre-Indonesian language on the Island of Java. -- Nauru (3 minutes) - Polynesian language of the Nauru Republic. -- Tamil - Language of Southeast India. -- Bengali (cont. tape 420?) - Language of Bangladesh.

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