I would be inclined to regard both the indigenous names as what we call
surnames, in the same manner as some older Javanese sometimes have only one
name.
John – would it be acceptable to index these alternative names in the following
way?
MITAWALINYA, (Mitta)
NGITJUWULUNYA, (Mitta)
Bev
From: Dawn Montgomery
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2019 5:07 PM
To: ryerson_index@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ryerson_index] How to record Wally's other name/s?
Would Wally’s ‘child name’ and ‘adult name’ be forenames or surnames?
Judging by his nickname, they are perhaps forenames – but would Porter have
been his surname then, bearing in mind indigenous customs?
Or should we show them both as ‘nicknames’?
Dawn M
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