Our word of the week is Kee-bum

According to Item 05: ‘Aboriginal words and names chiefly from the Upper Clarence River Dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt of Grafton and Lismore’, ca. 1909 and transcribed with additional notes by Robert L. Dawson, 6 June 1938, Kee-bum means “moon”

If you want to get involved, you can help us by transcribing our diaries, letters, manuscripts and records. Click here to find out more.

It is important to note that these records were written in most cases about Aboriginal languages by non - Aboriginal people. For this reason, the written words may not accurately reflect the ways in which an oral language was spoken and transmitted.