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William Dawes William Dawes i(A62144 works by)
Born: Established: 1762 Portsmouth, Hampshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1836 Antigua, Caribbean, Americas,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: Jan 1788 Departed from Australia: Dec 1791
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3 4 y separately published work icon Notebooks of William Dawes William Dawes , 1790 (Manuscript version)x402079 Z1602225 1790 single work criticism

'Notebooks of William Dawes, one dated 1790, comprising grammatical forms and vocabularies of the language spoken in the neighbourhood of Sydney, New South Wales.'

Source: Catalogue record compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project, http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/19/5956.htm (sighted: 01/07/2009)

'[The notebooks] are of great importance to Aboriginal communities of New South Wales, to linguists, residents of Sydney, researchers trying to reach new understandings about Aboriginal Sydney, and many others. Following colonisation, Aboriginal languages around Sydney were destroyed so rapidly and comprehensively that Dawes' work remains a unique and key source. '

Source: David Nathan, Dawes Online: Interactive Digital Facsimile Edition of Dawes 1790 website, http://www.hrelp.org/dawes/ (sighted: 01/07/2009)
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