Item #145642 The Hoff Vocabularies of Indigenous Languages from the far West Coast of South Australia. Australian Indigenous Languages, Lothar HOFF, August Berhard Carl HOFF.
The Hoff Vocabularies of Indigenous Languages from the far West Coast of South Australia
The Hoff Vocabularies of Indigenous Languages from the far West Coast of South Australia

The Hoff Vocabularies of Indigenous Languages from the far West Coast of South Australia

Kingswood, Lothar Hoff, 2004.

Quarto, 144 pages with numerous illustrations (mainly colour reproductions of manuscript notebooks).

Colour-pictorial card covers slightly rubbed at the corners; a near-fine copy.

'The Koonibba Mission, 35 km northwest of Ceduna, South Australia, was established in 1901. As Superintendent between 1920 and 1930. Pastor Hoff made an effort to become fluent in the local Aboriginal languages.... A written record of the translation of local words into English was recorded in an exercise book, notebooks and loose pieces of paper' (foreword). These manuscripts are reproduced here.

Item #145642

Price (AUD): $110.00

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