Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.
We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.
"Field work in Papua New Guinea, 1968/69.
General Log
Graeme Pretty & Anthony Crawford for
Papua-New Guinea Public Museum, Port Moresby".
This notebook commences on 24/12/1968 (departure from Adelaide) and finishes on 10/2/1969 (Canberra).
The first three pages are notes about places to look out for and reminders of things to do.
This is followed by a two page summary describing the purpose of the expedition and funding sources.
The rest of the notebook is basically a day to day diary which mentions people met, places stayed, places visited, activities, the weather etc.
There is a loose sheet between the 15th January 1969 pages with further notes about 15 January.
There are several loose notes in a sleeve at the end of the notebook giving names, addresses and phone numbers of several contacts, a book reference and a list of things to do.
Disc labelled "G. Pretty Daily Jottings General Log". This is a Word document transcription of the two notebooks named "Daily Jottings" and "General Log" done by Phil Fitzpatrick in September 2009.
A copy of The "General Log" Word document is saved at Y:\Information Services\Confidential\Archive Collections\AA 255 PRETTY, Graeme\Southern Highlands Expedition PNG 1968-69\AA255-14-12 - General Log.