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A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country
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A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country
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Published in two parts. Part I. Australian and English; Part II. English and Australian.
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Author's note: (For Part I) The terms Northern, Southern, or other dialects refer to Perth as a centre. V., Vasse; K.G.S., King Geroge's Sound; denote that the word is chiefly used in that locality.
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Author's note: (For Part II) For more full and particular information respecting each Australian word, consult the first part of the Vocabulary; and for the Pronunciation see the Preface also.
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In his Preface, Moore acknowledges the previously published vocabularies of R. M. Lyon and George Grey (qq.v.) and the work of Francis Armstrong, Messsrs Bussel, Mr. [Charles] Symmons and an unidentified person.
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The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (13 August 1842): 2 published an advertisement for the work: 'DESCRIPTIVE AUSTRALIAN VOCABULARY. A FEW numbers of this work are on sale at the office of the Perth Gazette - price, 3s. Published in London by G. F. Moore, Esq., Advocate-General of W. Australia.'
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'[Western Australian Governor John] Hutt [(1795-1880)] and Moore assisted by Francis Armstrong, and later by Charles Symmons and John Gilbert worked on the vocabulary until Moore returned to Britain ... in March 1841. It was published in London in 1842 ... at Moore's and Hutt's expense ...' (J. M. R. Cameron, The Millendon Memoirs (2006): 461)
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— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 30 July vol. 10 no. 495 1842; (p. 3)
— Review of A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country 1842 single work criticism
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— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 30 July vol. 10 no. 495 1842; (p. 3)
— Review of A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country 1842 single work criticism
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A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country
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