Series 09 - Fiji - Regions and Languages


Date Rangec. 1930 - c. 1955
Quantity26.5 cm
ProvenanceCapell, Arthur
Description

The content of this series includes specific linguistic materials relating to languages from the Central, Western, Eastern and Northern divisions of Fiji. The areas covered include the following provinces: Serua, Tailevu, Rewa, Naitasiri, Namosi, Serua, Naitasiri, Ba, Ra, Cakaudrove, Bua, Macuata, Kadavu, and Lau.

The series includes materials such as comparative vocabulary lists, notes, typed and handwritten texts in local languages, diagrams, sketches, drafts and notes relating to the development of books including a Fijian Dictionary, and correspondence.

The Republic of Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean is made up of over 332 islands covering a land area of c. 18,300 square kilometres. Fiji has three official national languages (English, Fijian and Hindi) but is home to numerous languages and dialects.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji


Inventory Listing

AC2-FIJ001 Notebook: Nadroga; Wailevu; Bua; Dreketi; Seagaga; Macuata-i-wai; Cikobia; Namuka; Naqelelevu; Vuinadi; Kadavu dialects
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22.5cm by 17.5cm notebook containing handwritten notes in various Fijian dialects. The notebook also contains a number of loose notes interleaved between the pages at various points. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ001
Date range c. 1937 - c. 1943    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Notebooks, Loose Notes and Drawings
Inventory Identifier FIJ001 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ002 Lau Vocabulary
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Red 32cm by 13.5cm notebook containing handwritten Lau vocabulary. The notebook is titled From Mss by Cargill (Some Rewa marked as R.) (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ002
Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier FIJ002 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ003 Questionnaire for various semantic domains: Questionnaire Vol I
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A black 21cm by 20cm notebook containing the first of two volumes of a hand written questionnaire based on Leenhardt. This volume includes the Bauan (="Fiji"), Yasawa, Lautoka, and Nadroga languages. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013)

The second volume of the questionnaire can be found in FIJ004.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ003
Date range c. 1938    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier FIJ003 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ004 Questionnaire for various semantic domains: Questionnaire, Vol II
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A black 32cm by 20cm black notebook containing the second of two volumes of a hand written questionnaire based on Leenhardt. This volume includes the Bauan, Nadi, Nadroga, Serua, Yasawa, Lautoka, Kadavu, Beqa, Rewa, Matailobau, Namosi, Davutukia, Lovoni, Vunisea, Malaki, Bua, Macuata, Nasealevu, Matalolo, Vuinadi, Taveuni, Wailevu, and Lekutu languages. The book also contains drawings of hand gestures (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013)

The first volume of the questionnaire can be found in FIJ003.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ004
Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Notebooks and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier FIJ004 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ005 Correspondence
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Handwritten and typed correspondence between Arthur Capell and R.H.Lester, W.Ivens, C.M.Churchward, and Fr Neyret. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013)

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ005
Date range 4 August 1940 - 30 July 1945    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier FIJ005 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ006 Grammar of Nadroga
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A manila folder containing handwritten, typed and photocopied notes and vocabulary lists about the Nadroga, Raiwaqa and Bemana languages dated 1941. This inventory item also includes hand drawn diagrams. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ006
Date range 1941    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Loose Notes, Lists and Drawings
Inventory Identifier FIJ006 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ007 Notes for a new Fijian dictionary. 1941.
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A yellow manila folder containing handwritten notes relating to Fijian dictionaries that existed at the time of writing (1941) and the development of a new Fijian dictionary. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013)

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ007
Date range 1941    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier FIJ007 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ008 Notes for Textbook comparing the dialects of Fiji
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Manila folder containing what appear to be multiple copies of annotated drafts for a book, as well as general notes. Most of the material is undated, and is either hand written or typed. The material also includes a map of Fiji. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ008
Date range c. 1939    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts, Maps and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier FIJ008 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ009 Fijian kinship terms, house parts, totemism, calendar
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Green manila folder containing notes and diagrams relating to Fijian kinship terms, house parts, totemism and the Fijian calander. The diagrams are all hand drawn and include what look to be generic family trees and houses. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ009
Date range c. 1940 - c. 1941    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Loose Notes and Drawings
Inventory Identifier FIJ009 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ010 Chiefly genealogies (Brewster) 'A I tovo vakaviti (Setuviki M. Koto) Note on diff. between Kaluu-vu and Vu
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Pink manila folder containing a series of undated notes and papers, typed and handwritten, in multiple languages as well as a hand drawn map of Viti Levu. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ010
Date range c. 1952    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts, Maps, Loose Notes, Published Papers or Articles and Drawings
Inventory Identifier FIJ010 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ011 Methods and materials for recording Papuan and New Guinea Languages (Also applicable to Oceania in general)
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A modified copy of Methods And Materials For Recording Papuan And New Guinea Languages by Arthur Capell published in 1952. Further information on the original of this text can be found online in the Trove catalogue at: http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/22185429. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

The 16cm by 12 cm book was published by the Australian National Research Council and has a green cover.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ011
Date range 1952    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier FIJ011 Box Number 1/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ012 Cakaudrove (Vanua Levu)
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Manila folder containing wordlists in the Vuinadi and Mataloulou languages relating to parts of a house. The folder also contains a labeled diagram and loose notes in English and other language(s). (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ012
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Loose Notes, Lists and Drawings
Inventory Identifier FIJ012 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ013 Lau wordlist
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Manila folder containing a undated lists of Lau words. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ013
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Lists
Inventory Identifier FIJ013 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ014 Naitasiri, Wainimala Naqelelevu, Nakorosule wordlists
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Manila folder containig three undated lists of words in Nitasuru, Wainimala and Naqelelevu, Nakorosule languages. Two of the lists are handwritten and the third is typed with hand written annotations. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ014
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Lists
Inventory Identifier FIJ014 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ015 Kadavu; Naceva vocab, Nabukelvu vocab and Tavuki (Cakaudrove) snakes
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Manila folder containing hand drawn map, hand written, typed and annotated notes and lists in English and other language(s). All items are undated. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013)

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ015
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Maps, Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier FIJ015 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ016 Beqa, Rewa, Serua
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Manila folder containing multiple undated hand written and typed documents in English and other language(s), these documents include vocabulary lists for the Beqa and Serua languages as well as notes on their respective kinship systems. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ016
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Inventory Identifier FIJ016 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ017 Bua Vocab
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Manila folder containing undated typed and handwritten lists and notes relating to the Bua language as well as a hand drawn diagram. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ017
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Loose Notes, Lists and Drawings
Inventory Identifier FIJ017 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ018 Lovoni wordlist (Ovalau)
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Manila folder containing a hand drawn map of the North-eastern end of Ovalau island and multiple typed and handwritten notes, lists and documents. This item contains documents in English and other language(s). (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ018
Date range c. 1940    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Maps, Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier FIJ018 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ019 Rotuman vocab
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Blue manila folder housing three lists, the first is in English, typed, and titled Islands of the Rotuma Group, the second is hand written and titled Strata in Rotuman and is in three languages (1) unplaced (2) Melanesian (3) Polynesian. The third list is a typed, annotated, Rotuman vocabulary list. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ019
Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Lists
Inventory Identifier FIJ019 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ020 Macuata wordlists
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Manila folder containing undated vocabulary lists, diagrams, a hand drawn map and notes relating to the Macuata-i-wai, Nasealevu, Seaqaqa, Caumatalevu, Namuka, and Cikobia languages. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ020
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Diagrams, Maps, Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier FIJ020 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ021 Wordlists: Namosi, Nadrau, Nabukaluka, Namuamua
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Manila folder containing a number of undated vocabulary lists, diagrams, and notes relating to the Namosi, Nadrau, Nabukaluka and Namuamua languages. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ021
Date range 1943, Date taken from a one sided circular used as note paper.    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier FIJ021 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ022 Ba (Nailaga) vocab; Nadi vocab; Nadarivatu vocab; Waya sentences, kinterms and vocab, Lautoka vocab
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Manila folder containing a number of undated typed and handwritten vocabularly lists and notes relating to or in the Ba (Nailaga), Nadarivatu, Waya and Lautoka languages, with a thematic focus on Kinterms. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ022
Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder Inventory Identifier FIJ022 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ023 Tailevu, S.Wainibuka
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Manila folder containing undated typed and handwritten vocabulary lists and notes about the Tailevu, S.Wainibuka, Naitasin E, and Waibalam languages. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ023
Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier FIJ023 Box Number 2/2 Series 09
AC2-FIJ024 Ra vocabulary
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Manila folder containing undated typed and handwritten vocabulary lists and notes about the Ra language. (Item provided by Prof Andrew Pawley in November 2013).

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-FIJ024
Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder Inventory Identifier FIJ024 Box Number 2/2 Series 09

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