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Guide to Sound Recordings Collected by Margaret C. Sharpe, 1966-1967 Finding aid SHARPE_M02 Sound recordings collected by Margaret C. Sharpe, 1966-1967 Prepared June 2011 by SL Last updated 19 December 2016 ACCESS Availability of copies Listening copies are available. Contact the AIATSIS Audiovisual Access Unit by completing an online enquiry form or phone (02) 6261 4212 to arrange an appointment to listen to the recordings or to order copies. Restrictions on listening This collection is open for listening. Restrictions on use Copies of this collection may be made for private research. Permission must be sought from the relevant Indigenous individual, family or community for any publication or quotation of this material. Any publication or quotation must be consistent with the Copyright Act (1968). SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Date: 1966-1967 Extent: 55 sound tapes : analogue, mono. Production history These recordings were collected between November 1965 and October 1967 by linguist Margaret Sharpe, an AIAS (now AIATSIS) grantee, while on fieldwork at Woodenbong in New South Wales, Woorabinda, Emerald and Brisbane in Queensland, and Ngukurr, Nutwood and Minyerri in the Northern Territory. The purpose of the field trips was to document the languages, stories and songs of the Indigenous peoples of these areas. The cultures which were investigated are Yugambeh and Bundjalung of northern NSW; Gangulu, Gooreng Gooreng, Mamu (Malanda dialect), Guugu Yimidhirr, Wakaya, Wangkumara, Kuungkari, Biri and Galali from Queensland; and Alawa, Mara, Ritharrngu, Warndarrang, Ngalakan, Yanyuwa, Mangarrayi and Gurdanji from the Northern Territory. The interviewees and performers include Joe Culham, Adrian [Eddie] Conway, Johnson Mate Mate, Willie Toolban, Henry Bloomfield, Victor Reid, Willie Healy, Fred Grogan, Nugget Swan, Ted Maranoa, Willie Rookwood, Rosie Williams, Barnabas Roberts, Bill Turnbull, Dan Cot, Bessie Farrell, Isaac Joshua, Norman, Ivy, Matthew, Caleb Roberts, Limmen Harry, Kellie, Kittie, Clancy Roberts, Francis, Viola Tiers and unidentified contributors. The collection was deposited with AIATSIS in 1973. RELATED MATERIAL Important: before you click on any links in this section, please read our sensitivity message. Transcriptions, word lists and/or field notes for this collection are held in the AIATSIS Library, see PMS 400 (Gooreng Gooreng), PMS 404 (Wangkumara), MS 1428 (Gangulu), MS 979 (Mangarrayi), PMS 1594 (Warndarrang), PMS 1597 (Biri), PMS 1630 (Galali and Wangkumara), PMS 1631 (Guugu Yimidhirr) PMS 1641 (Malanda) and PMS 1647 (Wakaya). SHARPE_M02 Page 2 of 62 For a complete listing of related material held by AIATSIS, consult our online catalogue, Mura®. ARCHIVIST'S NOTE The field recordings have not been archived in chronological or numerical order. This finding aid has been arranged in the order of numbers assigned by by the collector. This finding aid was compiled from information provided by Margaret C. Sharpe and audition sheets prepared by AIATSIS staff. SHARPE_M02 Page 3 of 62 ITEM LIST Archive number Field recording Description number 003080A FT 5 Yugambeh language elicitation with Joe Culham and an unidentified female speaker 003080A FT 9 Yugambeh language elicitation with Joe Culham 003080B 003080B FT 12 Gangulu language elicitation with Adrian Conway; 003081A Gooreng Gooreng language elicitation with Johnson Mate Mate; Mamu (Malanda dialect) language elicitation with Willie Toolban; Guugu Yimidhirr language elicitation with Henry Bloomfield 003081B FT 13 Guugu Yimidhirr language elicitation with Henry 003082A Bloomfield; Gangulu language elicitation and songs with Adrian Conway; 003082B FT 14 Gooreng Gooreng language elicitation with Victor Reid 003083A and Willie Healy; Gangulu song performance and language elicitation with Adrian Conway; Guugu Yimidhirr language elicitation with Henry Bloomfield 003083B FT 15 Conversation in English between Victor Reid and Fred 003084A Grogan; Gangulu language elicitation with Adrian Conway 003084B FT 16 Wakaya vocabulary elicitation with Nugget Swan; Galali 003085A language elicitation with Ted Maranoa; Gooreng Gooreng sentence elicitation with Willy Healy; Kuungkari language elicitation with Willie Rookwood 003085B FT 18 Kuungkari language elicitation with Willie Rookwood 003086A 003086B FT 19 Songs and Gooreng Gooreng language elicitation with 003087A Fred Grogan; Gangulu language elicitation with Adrian Conway 003087A FT 20 Galali language elicitation and songs with Ted Maranoa; 003087B Mamu (Malanda dialect) language elicitation with Willie Toolban; Wangkumara language elicitation with Rosie Williams 003092A FT 42 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003092B 003092B FT 43 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003092B FT 44 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003093A FT 45 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003081A FT 49 Part-Bundjalung / part-English song performed by Bill Turnbull SHARPE_M02 Page 4 of 62 Archive number Field recording Description number 003093A FT 57 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003093B FT 59 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003094A FT 60 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003100B FT 62 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts and an 003101A unidentified male speaker 003101B FT 64 Ritharrngu language elicitation with Dan 003102A FT 68 Ritharrngu language elicitation with Dan 003102B 003088A FT 71 Gooreng Gooreng language elicitation with Johnson Mate Mate 003088B FT 72 Gangulu language elicitation with Adrian Conway 003089A FT 73 Wangkumara language elicitation with Rosie Williams 003089A FT 78 Gooreng Gooreng language elicitation with Johnson Mate Mate 003094A FT 80 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003094B 003095A FT 82 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts and Bessie Farrell 003103A FT 84 Mara language elicitation with Isaac Joshua 003103A FT 85 Mara language elicitation with Isaac Joshua 003103B 003103B FT 86 Mara and Warndarrang language elicitation with Isaac 003104A Joshua 003104A FT 87 Warndarrang language elicitation with Isaac Joshua 003095B FT 89 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts and Bessie Farrell 003095B FT 90 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts and Bessie Farrell 003096A FT 92 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003105B FT 93 Oral history with Barnabas Roberts 003106A 003096B FT 94 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts, Norman and Ivy 003097A FT 95 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts, Norman and Ivy 003097B FT 96 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts, Norman and Ivy SHARPE_M02 Page 5 of 62 Archive number Field recording Description number 003098A FT 97 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts, Norman and Ivy 003104B FT 98 Ngalakan language elicitation with Isaac Joshua, Matthew and unidentified male and female speakers 003098B FT 99 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts and Norman 003104B FT 101 Mara, Alawa and Yanyuwa language elicitation with Caleb 003105A and Limmen Harry 003099A FT 102 Alawa language elicitation with Caleb Roberts; Gurdanji songs and Alawa language and oral history with Kellie And Kittie 003106A FT 103 Barnabas Roberts preaches in Kriol 003099B FT 104 Alawa songs and language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts and Caleb Roberts 003100A FT 105 Alawa language elicitation with Caleb Roberts 003100B FT 106 Alawa language elicitation with Caleb Roberts 003105A FT 107 Mangarrayi language elicitation with Clancy Roberts 003105B 003089B FT 109 Kuungkari and Gangulu language elicitation with unidentified female speakers and Francis 003090A FT 110 Kuungkari language elicitation with unidentified female speakers; Biri language elicitation with Viola Tiers 003090B FT 111 Biri language elicitation with Viola Tiers 003091A FT 112 Biri language elicitation with Viola Tiers 003091B FT 113 Biri language elicitation with Viola Tiers 003100B FT 121 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts 003100B FT 122 Alawa language elicitation with Barnabas Roberts SHARPE_M02 Page 6 of 62 ITEM DESCRIPTIONS 003080A/FT 5 Performer/speaker(s): Joe Culham, unidentified female speaker Subject keywords: Language – Linguistics – Language elicitation, Language – Linguistics – Vocabulary and grammar – Time and temporality, Language – Linguistics – Vocabulary and grammar – Numbers and quantification, Language – Linguistics – Vocabulary and grammar – Adjectives, Language – Vocabulary – Body parts and functions, Language – Vocabulary – Animal names Language/people: Yugambeh / Yugumbir Places: Woodenbong (NSW N Coast SH56-02) Recording quality: Fair Archive item Timing Description Date Place number point SHARPE_M02- 00:00:00 Yugambeh language elicitation, November Woodenbong, NSW 003080A including terms for time and 1966 numerals, with Joe Culham. 00:09:34 Yugambeh language elicitation with an unidentified female speaker. 00:10:50 Yugambeh language elicitation, including terms for body parts and animals, and adjectives and sentences, with Joe Culham. 00:36:10 End of FT 5. RETURN TO ITEM LIST SHARPE_M02 Page 7 of 62 003080A + 003080B/FT 9 Performer/speaker(s): Joe Culham Subject keywords: Language – Linguistics – Language elicitation, Language – Linguistics – Vocabulary and grammar – Verbs, Language – Linguistics – Language elicitation – Sentences Language/people: Yugambeh / Yugumbir Places: Woodenbong (NSW N Coast SH56-02) Recording quality: Fair Archive item Timing Description Date Place number point SHARPE_M02- 00:36:36 Yugambeh verbs and sentences 1966 Woodenbong, NSW 003080A with Joe Culham.
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