MankindVolume 6, Issue 5 p. 201-206 The Survival of Victorian Languages. L. Hercus, L. HercusSearch for more papers by this author L. Hercus, L. HercusSearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1965 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1835-9310.1965.tb00347.x We were only able to locate this informant as well as most others thanks to the help of Mr. P. Felton and Mr. A. West of the Aborigines Welfare Board of Victoria and Miss K. Martin (S.C.F.). We are greatly indebted to Professor R. G. de Bray (Monash University), and to all our informants, particularly Mrs. N. Egan, Mrs. E. J. Stuart and Mr. S. Day. Continuation of the work would have been impossible without the assistance of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies and the help of Dr. A. Capell. We have followed his general system of transcription as for instance in A New Approach to Australian Linguistics, Oceania Linguistic Monographs, No. 1; Sydney, 1956. Curr, E. M., 1887. “The Australian Race, Vol. III.” London, Melbourne. Smyth, R. Brough, 1878. “The Aborigines of Victoria.” Melbourne. Mathews, R. H., 1902. Journal of the Royal Society of N.S.W., Vol. 36, pp. 172–174; and 1904, Journal of the Anthropological Institute, Vol. 34, pp. 291—294. Matthew, J., 1899. “Eaglehawk and Crow.” Melbourne. Dawson, J., 1881. “Australian Aborigines.” P. 85. Melbourne. This includes some Maraura vocabulary and very small remnants from Lake Condah and from Heales-ville. The last one of these—“and you could hear it groaning under the ground”—was dug up in time by Mr. M., owner of a Wakool wine-shanty, and the victim recovered. This happened in the twenties. “Mr. M. reckoned for quite a while that there would be a wuredjil against him too, but there never was.” See for instance Elkin, A. P., “Studies in Australian Linguistics,” and O'Grady, G. N., Oceania, Vol. 27, p. 284, 1957. “If we killed a jeraded-gurg (owlet night-jar, sacred to the women) the old women would come after us with their garedjag and we'd have to run for our lives.” Buddruss, G., i960. “Die Sprache von Wotapur und Katarqala.” P. 9. Bonn. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume6, Issue5May 1965Pages 201-206 RelatedInformation