The Papers of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Philip Aboriginal Protectorate, Volume Two : Aboriginal Vocabularies of South East Australia, 1839 - 1852

The Papers of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate, Volume Two: Aboriginal Vocabularies of South Eas Australia, 1839 - 1852 is a collection of Robinson's field notes and Aboriginal vocabularies collected from 1839 until 1852. According to Professor Barry J. Blake (La Trobe University): Robinson's collection of Aboriginal vocabularies from south-eastern Australia is perhaps the largest source of information on the languages of the area that we have, certainly it is the most varied. It covers practically every area of Victoria as well as some adjacent areas of South Australia and New South Wales. Indigenous people seeking to reclaim their languages and linguists working on these languages will now have for the first time easy access to the complete collection faithfully transcribed by Ian Clark. Robinson's corpus is extremely valuable and its publication represents a major contribution to the reclamation of the linguistic heritage of Australia. [From back cover